Present-day stress field in the Gibraltar Arc (western Mediterranean)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Fernandez Ibanez F ^a   Soto, J I ^a   Zoback, M D ^b   Morales, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 35348837208     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004683     Document Type: Article

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