Shallow seismogenic zone detected from an offshore-onshore temporary seismic network in the Esmeraldas area (northern Ecuador)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Pontoise, B ^a   Monfret, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ocean bottom seismometers; Seismic hazard; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649111565     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000561     Document Type: Article

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