Surface-wave potential for triggering tectonic (nonvolcanic) tremor

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5 A, 2010, Pages 1859-1878

  Hill, David P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CASCADIA; CRACK OPENING; DEPTH RANGE; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DYNAMIC TRIGGERING; FAILURE CRITERIA; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LOVE WAVE; MIXED MODE; NORMAL INCIDENCE; RAYLEIGH; REVERSE FAULTS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR FAILURE; SOURCE PROCESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; WAVE DYNAMICS;

FRICTION; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

TECTONICS;

CODA; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; REVERSE FAULT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA; JAPAN; NANKAI; SHIKOKU; TIANJIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953971994     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090362     Document Type: Article

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