Transient deformation in southern Mexico in 2006 and 2007: Evidence for distinct deep-slip patches beneath Guerrero and Oaxaca

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Correa Mora, F ^a   DeMets, C ^a   Cabral Cano, E ^b   Diaz Molina, O ^b   Marquez Azua, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Earthquake cycle; Mexican subduction zone; Slow slip equivalents

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949124522     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002211     Document Type: Article

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