Triggering effect of M 4-5 earthquakes on the earthquake cycle of repeating events at Parkfield, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 522-531

  Chen, Kate Huihsuan ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^b   Nadeau, Robert M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT SLIP; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; LARGE POPULATION; LOADING RATE; MAJOR EVENTS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRESS CHANGES; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; TRIGGERING EFFECT;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950361359     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080369     Document Type: Article

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