Seismicity and state of stress within the overriding plate of the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Bonnardot, M A ^a   Regnier M ^a   Ruellan, E ^a   Christova, C ^b   Tric, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOCAL MECHANISM; ISLAND ARC; KINEMATICS; MOMENT TENSOR; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

KENTUCKY; LAU BASIN; LOUISVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549011757     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002044     Document Type: Article

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