Constraints on deep moonquake focal mechanisms through analyses of tidal stress

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Weber, R C ^a   Bills, B G ^b,c   Johnson, C L ^b,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; P-WAVE; PHASE TRANSITION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 67651119940     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003286     Document Type: Article

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