The stress field of Vrancea region from fault plane solution (FPS)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2817-2820

  Telesca, L ^a   Alcaz, V ^b   Sandu, I ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EIGENVALUE; FAULT PLANE; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA; VRANCEA;

EID: 84866489108     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2817-2011     Document Type: Article

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