Potential for earthquake triggering from transient deformations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Savage, Heather M ^a,b   Marone, Chris ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GRANITE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LOADING; SEISMIC WAVE; SHEAR; STRESS;

EID: 55349084072     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005277     Document Type: Article

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