Observation of the seismic nucleation phase in the Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-404

  Ellsworth, William L ^a   Beroza, Gregory C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; NUCLEATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

CALIFORNIA; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; EMPIRICAL GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; NEAR SOURCES; P-WAVE ARRIVAL; RAPID GROWTH; SOURCE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC NUCLEATION PHASE;

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC NUCLEATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, RIDGECREST;

EID: 0032004296     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL53700     Document Type: Article

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