Insights into the mechanism of intermediate-depth earthquakes from source properties as imaged by back projection of multiple seismic phases

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kiser, E ^a   Ishii, M ^a   Langmuir, C H ^a   Shearer, P M ^b   Hirose, H ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79959857434     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007831     Document Type: Article

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