Temporal variations of non-volcanic tremor (NVT) locations in the Mexican subduction zone: Finding the NVT sweet spot

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Husker, Allen L ^a   Kostoglodov, Vladimir ^a   Cruz Atienza, Victor M ^a   Legrand, Denis ^a   Shapiro, Nikolai M ^b   Payero, Juan S ^a   Campillo, Michel ^c   Huesca Pérez, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Mexican subduction zone; non volcanic tremor; slow slip events

Indexed keywords

VOLCANOES;

FLUID CONTENT; HIGH ENERGY; LOW ENERGIES; MEXICAN SUBDUCTION ZONE; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; SHEAR SLIP; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; SWEET SPOT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84858638551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003916     Document Type: Article

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