Significant motions between GPS sites in the New Madrid region: Implications for seismic hazard

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 479-489

  Frankel, Arthur ^a   Smalley, Robert ^b   Paul, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; FOCAL MECHANISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS); MADRID REGION; NOISE MODELS; RANDOM WALK; RECURRENCE TIME; RELATIVE MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STANDARD ERRORS; THREE-COMPONENT;

EARTHQUAKES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE;

ARKANSAS; MISSOURI; NEW MADRID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859183779     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100219     Document Type: Article

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