Contrasting rupture processes during the April 11, 2010 deep-focus earthquake beneath Granada, Spain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-46

  Bezada, M J ^a   Humphreys, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep focus earthquake; Rupture mechanism; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CRACK-LIKE; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; DIRECTIVITY; FOCAL MECHANISM; METASTABLE OLIVINE; RUPTURE LENGTH; RUPTURE MECHANISM; RUPTURE PROCESS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP PULSE; STRESS DROP; STRESS FIELD; SUB-EVENTS; TIME SPAN; VERTICAL PLANE;

DROPS; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; OLIVINE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84865623560     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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