Earthquakes along Eltanin transform system, SE Pacific Ocean: Fault segments characterized by strong and poor seismic coupling and implications for long-term earthquake prediction

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-434

  Sykes, Lynn R ^a   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction; Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes; Seismicity and tectonics; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; CENTROID MOMENT TENSORS; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; EULER POLES; FAST RATE; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; OCEANIC TRANSFORM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC PLATES; PLATE COOLING; PLATE MOTIONS; QUASI-PERIODIC; RELATIVE MOTION; ROCK TYPES; SEISMIC COUPLING; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; SPREADING RIDGE; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; THERMAL MODEL; TOTAL LENGTH; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FORECASTING;

CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; NORMAL FAULT; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84855465970     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05284.x     Document Type: Article

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