The seismic coupling of subduction zones revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a   Campos, Jaime ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODESY; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84861446195     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009003     Document Type: Article

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