Stress transfer by the 1988-1989 M=5.3 and 5.4 Lake Elsman foreshocks to the Loma Prieta fault: Unclamping at the site of peak mainshock slip

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20169-20182

  Perfettini, Hugo ^a   Stein, Ross S ^b   Simpson, Robert ^b   Cocco, Massimo ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033543305     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900092     Document Type: Article

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