Aftershock analysis of the 2005 November 27 (Mw 5.8) Qeshm Island earthquake (Zagros-Iran): Triggering of strike-slip faults at the basement

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-147

  Yaminifard, F ^a   Tatar, M ^a   Hessami, K ^a   Gholamzadeh, A ^b   Bergman, E A ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershock; Basement fault; Qeshm Island; Strike slip; Zagros

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; EURASIA; HORMOZGAN; IRAN; QESHM; ZAGROS;

EID: 84866612672     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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