The Erua earthquake cluster and seismic anisotropy in the Ruapehu region, New Zealand

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Keats, Brook S ^a,b   Johnson, Jessica H ^a   Savage, Martha K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; SHEAR WAVES;

ACTIVE AREA; B VALUE; DELAY TIME; FLUID MOVEMENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; NEW ZEALAND; PHREATIC; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHALLOW SEISMICITY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TIME-PERIODS; WAVE POLARIZATIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; MAGNITUDE; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 80052196075     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049014     Document Type: Article

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