Evolution of moderate seismicity in the San Francisco Bay region, 1850 to 1993: Seismicity changes related to the occurrence of large and great earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 765-789

  Jaumé, Steven C ^a,b,c   Sykes, Lynn R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCE; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY CHANGES; STRAIN ACCUMULATION; STRESS FIELD; STRESS SHADOW;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 0029768399     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02393     Document Type: Article

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