Aftershocks are well aligned with the background stress field, contradicting the hypothesis of highly heterogeneous crustal stress

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Hardebeck, Jeanne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLITUDE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; HETEROGENEITY; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 78650031743     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007586     Document Type: Article

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