Increasing critical sensitivity of the Load/Unload Response Ratio before large earthquakes with identified stress accumulation pattern

Tectonophysics

Volumn 428, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 87-94

  Yu, Huai zhong ^a   Shen, Zheng kang ^a,b   Wan, Yong ge ^a   Zhu, Qing yong ^c   Yin, Xiang chu ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coulomb stress; Critical region of precursory LURR anomaly; Earthquake prediction; Load Unload Response Ratio

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751008354     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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