Slow earthquakes and nonvolcanic tremor

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue , 2011, Pages 271-296

  Beroza, Gregory C ^a   Ide, Satoshi ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

faults; hazards; subduction; tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FAULTS; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; SHEAR SLIP; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; GEOACCUMULATION; GEODETIC DATUM; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

EID: 79955499765     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152531     Document Type: Article

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