Co-seismic deformation of deep slabs based on summed CMT data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bailey, Iain W ^a   Alpert, Lisa A ^a   Becker, Thorsten W ^a   Miller, Meghan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC ZONE; SLAB;

EID: 84859912599     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008943     Document Type: Article

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