Patterns of co-seismic strain computed from southern California focal mechanisms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1015-1036

  Bailey, Iain W ^a   Becker, Thorsten W ^a   Ben zion, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT TENSOR; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62749204491     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04090.x     Document Type: Article

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