Microseismicity but no tremor accompanying slow slip in the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Delahaye, E J ^a   Townend, J ^a   Reyners, M E ^b   Rogers, G ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hikurangi subduction zone; New Zealand; seismic tremor; seismicity; slow slip

Indexed keywords

HIKURANGI SUBDUCTION ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SEISMIC TREMOR; SEISMICITY; SLOW SLIP;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LITHOLOGY; LOCATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING; GEODETIC DATUM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIKURANGI; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

EID: 57749114493     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.038     Document Type: Article

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