Moment release rate of Cascadia tremor constrained by GPS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Aguiar, Ana C ^a   Melbourne, Timothy I ^a   Scrivner, Craig W ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; GPS; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 71949128207     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005909     Document Type: Article

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