The 9th of July 1998 Faial Island (Azores, North Atlantic) seismic sequence

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-298

  Matias, L ^a   Dias, N A ^a,b   Morais, I ^a,c   Vales, D ^c   Carrilho, F ^c   Madeira, J ^a   Gaspar, J L ^d   Senos, L ^c   Silveira, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Azores; Focal mechanisms; Hypocenter relocation; Omori fit; Velocity models

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC DATA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAIAL; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547631305     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9052-4     Document Type: Article

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