Preseismic velocity changes observed from active source monitoring at the Parkfield SAFOD drill site

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7201, 2008, Pages 204-208

  Niu, Fenglin ^a   Silver, Paul G ^b   Daley, Thomas M ^c   Cheng, Xin ^a   Majer, Ernest L ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; RUPTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47049108874     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07111     Document Type: Article

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