Afterslip, tremor, and the Denali fault earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 892-899

  Gomberg, Joan ^a   Prejean, Stephanie ^a   Ruppert, Natalia ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENALI FAULT; DENALI FAULT EARTHQUAKE; TRANSITION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALASKA; DENALI FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859134607     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110142     Document Type: Article

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