Triggered seismicity associated with the 1990 Nicoya, Costa Rica, M w = 7.0 earthquake

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Bilek, Susan L ^a   Elliott, Candy E ^a,b   Lithgow Bertelloni, Carolina ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Earthquake; Subduction; Triggering

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449209275     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002317     Document Type: Article

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