Geodetically inferred coseismic and postseismic slip due to the M 5.4 31 october 2007 alum rock earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2784-2800

  Murray Moraleda, Jessica R ^a   Simpson, Robert W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SURFACE; COULOMB STRESS; CUMULATIVE NUMBER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT-SLIP RATES; GPS DATA; MICROSEISMICITY; POSTSEISMIC SLIP; ROCK RUPTURE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SHALLOW FAULTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROCKS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE MINERALS;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SLIP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349984022     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090017     Document Type: Article

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