Continuous borehole strain and pore pressure in the near field of the 28 September 2004 M 6.0 parkfield, California, earthquake: Implications for nucleation, fault response, earthquake prediction and tremor

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4 B, 2006, Pages

  Johnston, M J S ^a   Borcherdt, R D ^a   Linde, A T ^b   Gladwin, M T ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GTSM Technologies   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT FAILURE; FAULT RESPONSE; NEAR-FIELD OBSERVATIONS;

BOREHOLES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; NUCLEATION; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

BOREHOLE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; MICROTREMOR; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; PORE PRESSURE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NUCLEATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

BOREHOLE STRAIN; COSEISMIC DYNAMIC STRAINS; SLIP COALESCENCE;

EID: 33845736056     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050822     Document Type: Article

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