Detecting seismogenic stress evolution and constraining fault zone rheology in the San Andreas Fault following the 2004 Parkfield earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Taira, Taka'aki ^a   Silver, Paul G ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^b   Nadeau, Robert M ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; COULOMB CRITERION; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; RHEOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS FIELD; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449135998     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005151     Document Type: Article

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