Delayed triggering of microearthquakes by multiple surface waves circling the Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Peng, Zhigang ^a   Wu, Chunquan ^a   Aiken, Chastity ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; SURFACE WAVES;

CALIFORNIA; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; LOVE WAVE; MAINSHOCK; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; MULTIPLE SURFACES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; LOVE WAVE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SURFACE WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; COSO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952181293     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046373     Document Type: Article

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