Earthquake source parameters for the 2010 January Haiti main shock and aftershock sequence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 375-380

  Nettles, Meredith ^a,b   Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala ^a,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; COMPRESSIONAL; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; EPICENTRE; FAULT STRUCTURE; GEODETIC DATA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAIN SHOCK; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE MOTIONS; RELATIVE MOTION; REVERSE FAULTING; SEISMIC STRAIN; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; THRUST FAULTING; THRUST FAULTS; TRANSCURRENT FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; HISPANIOLA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 78049472712     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04732.x     Document Type: Article

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