Space-time seismicity and earthquake swarms: Certain observations along the slow-spreading mid-Indian Ocean ridges

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作者：
M. Radha Krishna
S. K. Arora
机构：
[1] School of Marine Sciences,Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics
[2] Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,undefined
[3] Trombay,undefined
来源：
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1998年 / 107卷 / 2期
关键词：
Seismicity; clustering; swarms; spreading ridges; Indian Ocean;
D O I：
10.1007/BF02840467
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摘要：
The slow spreading mid-Indian Ocean ridge system containing the Carlsberg, Central and Southwest Indian ridges is seismically very active. In the present study, a detailed analysis has been carried out of the data of earthquake sources along different ridge segments in order to investigate the spatial and temporal clustering patterns and to evaluate crustal processes related to the swarm occurrences along these ridges. The spatial and temporal clustering pattern of the recent earthquakes (1980–1990) pertaining to nine major spreading segments and eight fracture zones suggests that the events cluster in greater proportion along the spreading segments than along the fracture zones.
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