The physical mechanisms of deep moonquakes and intermediate-depth earthquakes: How similar and how different?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 365-374

  Frohlich, Cliff ^a   Nakamura, Yosio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Lunar interior; Moon; Moonquakes

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; LOCATION; MOON; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COMMON FEATURES; DISTRIBUTION OF SIZES; FATIGUE PROCESS; FLUID PHASIS; LOW STRESS; LUNAR INTERIOR; MOONQUAKES; PARTIAL MELTS; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; ROCK STRENGTHS; TIDAL STRESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; LUNAR MANTLE; MOON; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 62749096583     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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