Tidal triggering of earthquakes in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1055-1070

  Wilcock, William S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; HEIGHT; HYDROPHONE; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; SEISMICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 70350366236     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04319.x     Document Type: Article

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