A new statistical test for static stress triggering: Application to the 1987 Superstition Hills earthquake sequence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20153-20168

  Anderson, Greg ^a   Johnson, Hadley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 0033543292     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900200     Document Type: Article

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