Postearthquake relaxation after the 2004 M6 Parkfield, California, earthquake and rate-and-state friction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Savage, J C ^a   Langbein, J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FRICTION; GPS; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 57649199666     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005723     Document Type: Article

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