A complex earthquake sequence captured by the continuous GPS network in SW Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Hreinsdottir S ^a   Arnadottir T ^b   Decriem, J ^b   Geirsson, H ^c   Tryggvason, A ^d   Bennett, R A ^a   Lafemina, P ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SEQUENCES; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; GPS NETWORK; HIGH RATE; ICELANDS; MAINSHOCK; NEAR-FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; SEISMIC ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68749089626     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038391     Document Type: Article

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