Systematic variations in recurrence interval and moment of repeating aftershocks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Peng, Zhigang ^a   Vidale, John E ^a   Marone, Chris ^b   Rubin, Allan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; EMBRITTLEMENT; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS;

AFTERSHOCKS; FAULT-HEALING RATE; SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25844469011     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022626     Document Type: Article

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