Anomalous early aftershock decay rate of the 2004 Mw6.0 Parkfield, California, earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Peng, Zhigang ^a,b   Vidale, John E ^a   Houston, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHOCK WAVES;

AFTERSHOCK ACTIVITY; EARLY AFTERSHOCK DEFICIENCY (EAD); OMORI'S LAW; SEISMOGRAMS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845670810     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026744     Document Type: Article

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