Symptomatic features of Intraplate Earthquakes

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 863-883

  Gangopadhyay, Abhijit ^a   Talwani, Pradeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COMMON FEATURES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; STRESS CONCENTRATORS; TECTONIC STRESS;

FAULTING;

EID: 85017536123     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.74.6.863     Document Type: Article

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