High precision earthquake locations reveal seismogenic structure beneath Mammoth Mountain, California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Prejean, Stephanie ^a   Stork, Anna ^b   Ellsworth, William ^a   Hill, David ^a   Julian, Bruce ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEISMOLOGY;

MAGMATIC INTRUSION; SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; MAGMATISM; SEISMIC SOURCE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CALIFORNIA; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642602242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018334     Document Type: Article

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