Non-volcanic tremor driven by large transient shear stresses

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7153, 2007, Pages 579-582

  Rubinstein, Justin L ^a   Vidale, John E ^a   Gomberg, Joan ^a   Bodin, Paul ^a   Creager, Kenneth C ^a   Malone, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; LOVE WAVE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FRICTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE STRESS;

ALASKA; ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MOUNT MCKINLEY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 34547638778     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06017     Document Type: Article

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