Strongly depth-dependent aftershock production in deep earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1808-1816

  Persh, Steven E ^a   Houston, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHOCK WAVES;

AFTERSHOCKS; EARTHQUAKE GENERATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DEPTH DETERMINATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HIGH PRESSURE;

EID: 12144285263     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/012003191     Document Type: Article

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