Postseismic variations in seismic moment and recurrence interval of repeating earthquakes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Chen, Kate Huihusan ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^b   Nadeau, Robert M ^b   Chen, Ting ^c   Lapusta, Nadia ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Parkfield earthquake; Postseismic process; Rate and state models; Recurrence acceleration; Repeating earthquake sequences

Indexed keywords

PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RECURRENCE ACCELERATION; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; STATE MODELS;

FRICTION; METAL RECOVERY; NUCLEATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; MODELING; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 77958474938     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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