Aftershock triggering by complete Coulomb stress changes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Kilb, Debi ^a   Gomberg, Joan ^b   Bodin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershock triggering; Coulomb stress; Dynamic stress changes; Landers earthquake 1992; Reflectivity; Seismicity rate change

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; STRESS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 0038037768     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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