Intraslab stresses in the cascadia subduction zone from inversion of earthquake focal mechanisms

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5 A, 2010, Pages 2002-2013

  Wada, Ikuko ^a   Mazzotti, Stéphane ^b   Wang, Kelin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; DEVIATORIC STRESS; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FAULT ZONE; INVERSION RESULTS; PACIFIC PLATES; SHEAR FORCE; SLAB PULL; STATE OF STRESS; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EARTHQUAKES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

COMPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INVERSION TECTONICS; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; STRESS RESISTANCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77957746667     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090349     Document Type: Article

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