A new look at evidence for a wadati-benioff zone and active convergence at the north Panama deformed belt

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 343-348

  Camacho, E ^a   Hutton, W ^b   Pacheco, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b Quantum Technology Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE DATA; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; FIELD STUDIES; LOCAL NETWORKS; MICROPLATES; MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITIES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TELESEISMIC; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS;

EARTHQUAKES;

TECTONICS;

BELT; BENIOFF ZONE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 75649140232     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090204     Document Type: Article

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