Moment tensor inversion for Iberia-Maghreb earthquakes 2005-2008

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 390-398

  Stich, Daniel ^a   Martín, Rosa ^a   Morales, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberia Maghreb region; Seismic moment tensor; Seismotectonics; Waveform inversion

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE LAYERS; BROADBAND STATION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DATA REDUNDANCY; FAULT INTERACTIONS; LOCAL STRESS; MAGHREB; MOHO DEPTH; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; MOMENT TENSORS; NEW SOLUTIONS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PORTUGAL; PROPAGATION EFFECT; REVERSE FAULTING; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP VECTORS; THREE-COMPONENT; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

EARTHQUAKES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

TENSORS;

FAULTING; FORELAND BASIN; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MAGHREB;

EID: 76849093530     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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