Seismicity of Chukotka, northeastern Russia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 360, Issue , 2002, Pages 259-272

  Fujita, Kazuya ^a   MacKey, Kevin G ^a   McCaleb, Robert C ^a   Gunbina, Larissa V ^b   Kovalev, Valentin N ^b   Imaev, Valery S ^c   Smirnov, Vladimir N ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c NORTH EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORM FAULTS;

BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKOTKA; FOCAL MECHANISM; REGIONAL NETWORKS; RIFT SYSTEMS; SEISMIC ZONES; TEMPORARY NETWORKS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

ALASKA; ANADYR BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI; CHUKCHI SEA; GULF OF ANADYR; KORYAK HIGHLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870904829     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2360-4.259     Document Type: Article

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