Nonvolcanic tremor in the Aleutian arc

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3081-3087

  Peterson, C L ^a   McNutt, S R ^a   Christensen, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN ARC; LARGE REGIONS; MULTIPLE NETWORKS; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; PACIFIC PLATES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; STRESS CHANGES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC COMPLEX;

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

RATTUS;

EID: 83255193618     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100241     Document Type: Article

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