Characteristics of the October 2005 microearthquake swarm and reactivation of similar event seismic swarms over decadal time periods near Socorro, New Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-105

  Stankova, Jana ^a   Bilek, Susan L ^a   Rowe, Charlotte A ^b   Aster, Richard C ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SOCORRO MAGMA BODY; TIME-SPACE DISTRIBUTION; WAVEFORM SCANNING;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SOCORRO [NEW MEXICO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549100074     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070108     Document Type: Article

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