Remotely triggered microearthquakes and tremor in central California following the 2010 Mw8.8 Chile earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Peng, Zhigang ^a   Hill, David P ^b   Shelly, David R ^b   Aiken, Chastity ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MATCHED FILTERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURFACE WAVES;

CHILE EARTHQUAKES; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; COULOMB FAILURE CRITERIA; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TRIGGERED EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; CRUST; FAULT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SURFACE WAVE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251524190     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045462     Document Type: Article

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