Vrancea slab earthquakes triggered by static stress transfer

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2565-2577

  Ganas, A ^a   Grecu, B ^b   Batsi, E ^a   Radulian, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; AZIMUTH; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; STRESS FIELD;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA; VRANCEA;

EID: 78650343290     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-2565-2010     Document Type: Article

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