Tectonic tremor and deep slow slip on the Alpine Fault

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wech, A G ^a   Boese, C M ^a   Stern, T A ^a   Townend, J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALPINE FAULTS; DEPTH RANGE; LOW FREQUENCY; LOWER CRUST; NEW ZEALAND; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY; UPPER MANTLE; TECTONIC TREMORS;

TECTONICS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT ZONE; LOWER CRUST; MICROTREMOR; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE ATTENUATION; SLIP RATE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; ALPINE FAULT ZONE; CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861394931     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051751     Document Type: Article

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