Triggered creep as a possible mechanism for delayed dynamic triggering of tremor and earthquakes

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 384-388

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957791028     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1141     Document Type: Article

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