Fault creep and microseismicity on the Hayward fault, California: Implications for asperity size

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Gans, Christine R ^a   Furlong, Kevin P ^a   Malservisi, Rocco ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN;

ASPERITY SIZE; MICROSEISMICITY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ASPERITY; CREEP; FAULT SLIP; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; STRAIN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17544393705     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017904     Document Type: Article

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