Seismicity rate changes along the central California coast due to stress changes from the 2003 M 6.5 San Simeon and 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2280-2292

  Aron, Allegra ^a   Hardebeck, Jeanne L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COULOMB STRESS; DECAY PARAMETERS; DECAY RATE; DYNAMIC STRESS; LOADED PARTS; MAINSHOCK; RATE INCREASE; REVERSE FAULTS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STATIC STRESS; STRESS CHANGES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

DECAY (ORGANIC); UNLOADING;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SAN SIMEON EARTHQUAKE 2003; SEISMICITY; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549111401     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080239     Document Type: Article

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