Seismicity and state of stress in Guerrero segment of the Mexican subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pacheco, Javier F ^a,b   Singh, Shri K ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COCOS PLATE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROTREMOR; NORMAL FAULT; P-WAVE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SLIP; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84863337504     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006453     Document Type: Article

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