Detailed fault structure highlighted by finely relocated aftershocks, Arthur's Pass, New Zealand

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Bannister, S ^a   Thurber, C ^b   Louie, J ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE RELOCATION; HIGH QUALITY DIFFERENTIAL TIMES; WAVEFORM CROSS-CORRELATION METHODS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; MAPPING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTHUR'S PASS; AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AFTERSHOCK REGIONS; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; FAULT STRUCTURE; PARALLEL CLUSTERS; SOURCE MECHANISMS; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; WAVEFORM CROSS CORRELATION;

EID: 38349150964     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027462     Document Type: Article

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