Annual modulation of seismicity along the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, CA

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Christiansen, Lizet B ^a   Hurwitz, Shaul ^a   Ingebritsen, Steven E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; SEISMICITY;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FRACTURE; PORE PRESSURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547967512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028634     Document Type: Article

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