Large earthquake triggering, clustering, and the synchronization of faults

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 901-909

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NEVADA SEISMIC BELTS; COULOMB STRESS; DELAY TIME; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; ICELANDS; PHASE-LOCKING; POSITIVE STRESS; QUIESCENT PERIOD; RECURRENCE TIME; SEISMIC ZONES; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP VELOCITY; STRESS DROP;

SYNCHRONIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS CHANGE; SYNCHRONY; THRESHOLD;

CALIFORNIA; ICELAND; NEVADA; SOUTH ICELAND SEISMIC ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952642247     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090309     Document Type: Article

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