Remarks on the relationship between the tectonic regime, the rake of the slip vectors, the dip of the nodal planes, and the plunges of the P, B, and T axes of earthquake focal mechanisms

Tectonophysics

Volumn 482, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Célérier, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Nodal planes; P, B, T axes; Slip rake; Tectonic regime

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISMS; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP; PRINCIPAL STRESS; SLIP VECTORS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; EARTHQUAKES; FOCUSING; TECTONICS;

TOOLS;

DIP-SLIP FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; SLIP RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS MEASUREMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIANGULATION;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 76049120712     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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