Evidence of earthquake triggering by the solid earth tides

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 370-375

  Métivier, Laurent ^a   de Viron, Olivier ^b,c   Conrad, Clinton P ^d   Renault, Stéphane ^b   Diament, Michel ^b   Patau, Geneviève ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake triggering; stress; surface displacement; tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDES; EARTH TIDES; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; EARTHQUAKE DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; FOCAL MECHANISMS; GROUND UPLIFTS; NORMAL STRESS; OCEAN TIDES; OCEANIC AREAS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SMALL-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES; SOLID EARTH TIDES; STRESS CHANGES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; THRUST FAULTING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TIDE GAGES; TIDES;

EARTHQUAKES;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTH TIDE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 60649090160     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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