Microseismic activity reveals two stress regimes in southwestern Puerto Rico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 385, Issue , 2005, Pages 81-101

  Huérfano, Victor ^a   Von Hillebrandt AndraDe, Christa ^a   Báez Sanchez, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Microseismicity; Puerto Rico; Southwestern Puerto Rico; Stress

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRESSES;

FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOLOGIC FEATURES; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; MICROSEISMICITY; PUERTO RICO; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SHALLOW SEISMICITY; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FRACTURE ZONE; MICROPLATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 73849107141     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.81     Document Type: Article

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