Stress changes and aftershock distribution of the 1994 and 2006 Java subduction zone earthquake sequences

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  El Hariri, Maya ^a   Bilek, Susan L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; JAVA EARTHQUAKE 2006; NORMAL FAULT; RUPTURE; STRESS CHANGE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; TRENCH;

EID: 79959602232     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008124     Document Type: Article

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