Low-angle normal fault earthquakes and triggering

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3693-3696

  Axen, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PORE PRESSURE; SHOCK WAVES; TECTONICS; FAULT SLIPS; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT WEAKNESS; TRIGGERING SHOCKS;

SEISMOLOGY; FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; NORMAL EVENTS; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS;

EID: 0033573482     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005405     Document Type: Article

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