Slow slip events and strain accumulation in the Guerrero gap, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Radiguet, M ^a   Cotton, F ^a   Vergnolle, M ^a,b   Campillo, M ^a   Walpersdorf, A ^a   Cotte, N ^a   Kostoglodov, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GPS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84859903969     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008801     Document Type: Article

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