Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 294-309

  Gomberg, Joan ^a   Blanpied, Michael L ^b   Beeler, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; FRICTIONAL INSTABILITY THEORY; TRANSIENT LOAD;

EID: 0031439044     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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