Temporal evolution of an episodic tremor and slip event along the northern Cascadia margin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Dragert, Herb ^a,b   Wang, Kelin ^a,b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; EPISODIC EVENT; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855431699     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008609     Document Type: Article

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