Detecting aseismic strain transients from seismicity data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Llenos, A L ^a,b,c   McGuire, J J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; CREEP; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; SALTON TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959579286     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007537     Document Type: Article

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