Identifying fault heterogeneity through mapping spatial anomalies in acoustic emission statistics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Goebel, T H W ^a   Becker, T W ^a   Schorlemmer, D ^a,b   Stanchits, S ^b,c   Sammis, C ^a   Rybacki, E ^b   Dresen, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; ASPERITY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; MAPPING; ROCK; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STICK-SLIP; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 84858303888     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008763     Document Type: Article

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