Advancing techniques to constrain the geometry of the seismic rupture plane on subduction interfaces a priori: Higher-order functional fits

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a   Wald, David J ^a   Keranen, Katie ^b,c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake source observations; Fault geometry; Megathrust earthquakes; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049091781     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002633     Document Type: Article

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