Variations of the velocity contrast and rupture properties of M6 earthquakes along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 765-780

  Zhao, Peng ^a   Peng, Zhigang ^a   Shi, Zheqiang ^b   Lewis, Michael A ^b   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake interaction, forecasting and prediction; Interface waves; Rheology and friction of fault zones

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FORECASTING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; P-WAVE; RHEOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549159147     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04436.x     Document Type: Article

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