Seismic tremor in subduction zones: Rock physics evidence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Burlini, Luigi ^a,e   Di Toro, Giulio ^b,c   Meredith, Philip ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; FLUID PRESSURES; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ROCK PHYSICS; SEISMIC SIGNALS; SEISMIC TREMOR; SERPENTINITE; SLIP RESISTANCE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERE; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 67449164124     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037735     Document Type: Article

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