Seismicity at the Cascadia plate boundary beneath the Oregon continental shelf

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 940-950

  Williams, Mark C ^a   Tréhu, Anne M ^a   Braunmiller, Jochen ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FAULT PLANES; FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYPOCENTER LOCATION; LOCATION UNCERTAINTY; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RELATIVE LOCATION; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

RELOCATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957918481     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100198     Document Type: Article

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