Seismic moment release during slab rupture beneath the Banda Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 659-671

  Sandiford, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BANDA SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 48249116868     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03838.x     Document Type: Article

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