Comparison of seismic moment release rates along different types of plate boundaries

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 909-920

  Frohlich, Cliff ^a   Wetzel, Laura Reiser ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep earthquakes; Earthquake mechanism; Earthquake prediction; Plate tectonics; Seismic moment

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

EID: 35348812515     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03550.x     Document Type: Article

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