Spatial Separation of Large Earthquakes, Aftershocks, and Background Seismicity: Analysis of Interseismic and Coseismic Seismicity Patterns in Southern California

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 979-997

  Hauksson, Egill ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; California; Earthquake interaction; Evolution of fault zones; Fault damage zones; Faults; Interseismic seismicity; San Andreas fault system; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCKS; CALIFORNIA; FAULT DAMAGE ZONES; FAULT ZONE; FAULTS; INTERSEISMIC SEISMICITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY;

HEAT TRANSFER; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; HEAT FLOW; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78049482743     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0083-3     Document Type: Article

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