Anisotropy in the shallow crust observed around the San Andreas fault before and after the 2004 M 6.0 parkfield earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4 B, 2006, Pages

  Cochran, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Li, Yong Gang ^c   Vidale, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC PARAMETERS; POSTMAINSHOCK DATA; SHALLOW CRUST; SHEAR-WAVE POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MICROCRACKS; POLARIZATION; SHOCK WAVES; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; CRUST; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; MICROCRACK; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; S-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TRAPPED WAVE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

FAST SHEAR-WAVE POLARIZATION; FAULT-PARALLEL MEASUREMENTS; FAULT-ZONE-RAPPED WAVES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT (SAF); SHALLOW CRUST;

EID: 33845787072     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050804     Document Type: Article

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