Behavior of repeating earthquake sequences in Central California and the implications for subsurface fault creep

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-65

  Templeton, Dennise C ^a   Nadeau, Robert M ^b   Bürgmann, Roland ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

CUMULATIVE SLIP; HETEROGENEOUS CREEP DISTRIBUTION; IDENTICAL WAVEFORMS; REPEATING EARTHQUAKES; SUBSURFACE FAULT CREEP;

EARTHQUAKES;

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649089142     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070026     Document Type: Article

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