Tremor-tide correlations and near-lithostatic pore pressure on the deep San Andreas fault

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7276, 2009, Pages 1048-1051

  Thomas, Amanda M ^a   Nadeau, Robert M ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT ZONE; POISSON RATIO; PORE PRESSURE; S-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE ENERGY;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TIDAL POWER; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72949106461     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08654     Document Type: Article

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