Earthquakes along the East African Rift System: A multiscale, system-wide perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Yang, Zhaohui ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FOCAL MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOHO; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRESS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

EID: 78650026325     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006779     Document Type: Article

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