Future Cascadia megathrust rupture delineated by episodic tremor and slip

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Chapman, James S ^a   Melbourne, Timothy I ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; COUPLING MODELS; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; NORTH AMERICAN; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS; WASHINGTON STATE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STEEL BRIDGES;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EPISODIC EVENT; GPS; METROPOLITAN AREA; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP; SUBSIDENCE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 72049106899     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040465     Document Type: Article

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