Subducting-plate topography and nucleation of great and giant earthquakes along the South American trench

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 629-637

  Carena, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRENCH;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 80052433585     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.5.629     Document Type: Article

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