Locating non-volcanic tremor along the San Andreas Fault using a multiple array source imaging technique

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1485-1500

  Ryberg, T ^a   Haberland, C H ^a   Fuis, G S ^b   Ellsworth, W L ^b   Shelly, D R ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Fractures and faults; North America; Time series analysis; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

APERTURE ARRAYS; BODY WAVES; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS: STRIKE-SLIP AND TRANSFORM; DATA SETS; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES; MULTIPLE ARRAYS; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC TRACES; SOURCE LOCATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SYNTHETIC TESTS; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TRAVEL TIME;

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RELOCATION; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES; VOLCANOES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449242157     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04805.x     Document Type: Article

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