The February 28, 2006 Tiab earthquake, Mw 6.0: Implications for tectonics of the transition between the Zagros continental collision and the Makran subduction zone

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 280-287

  Gholamzadeh, A ^a   Yamini Fard, F ^a   Hessami, K ^a   Tatar, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Iran; Seismicity; Seismotectonics; Zagros

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MAKRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 62049084409     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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