Stress sensitivity of fault seismicity: A comparison between limited-offset oblique and major strike-slip faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20183-20202

  Parsons, Tom ^a   Stein, Ross S ^a   Simpson, Robert W ^a   Reasenberg, Paul A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 0033543280     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900056     Document Type: Article

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