Physical characteristics of subduction interface type seismogenic zones revisited

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Heuret, Arnauld ^a   Lallemand, Serge ^b   Funiciello, Francesca ^a   Piromallo, Claudia ^c   Faccenna, Claudio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

seismicity; statistics; subduction zones

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOGRAPHS;

BACK-ARC; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; EMPIRICAL LAWS; FIRST-ORDER; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MOHO DEPTH; NORMAL STRESS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLATE INTERFACES; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SLAB EDGES; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRENCH SYSTEMS; UPPER PLATE;

TECTONICS;

BACKARC BASIN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MOHO; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

EID: 78751469139     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003230     Document Type: Article

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