Low potential for large intraslab earthquakes in the central Cascadia subduction zone

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1880-1902

  Wong, Ivan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC STRESSES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 28144431974     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040132     Document Type: Article

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