Seeking Aderson's faulting in seismicity: A centennial celebration

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Célérier, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

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Indexed keywords

CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FAULTING; FRICTION; SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 60849115577     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007RG000240     Document Type: Article

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