Remotely triggered earthquakes following moderate main shocks

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-86

  Hough, Susan E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershock dynamic stress; Earthquake; Triggering

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK DYNAMIC STRESS; CALIFORNIA; DYNAMIC STRESS; FLUID SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL REGION; MAIN SHOCK; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TRIGGERED EARTHQUAKES; TRIGGERING; VOLCANIC REGION; AFTERSHOCK ZONES; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; LOCAL STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GROUND MOTION;

CALIFORNIA; MIDCONTINENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EARTHQUAKES; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84866044907     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(06)     Document Type: Article

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