Triggering of tremors and slow slip event in Guerrero, Mexico, by the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zigone, Dimitri ^a,b   Rivet, Diane ^a   Radiguet, Mathilde ^a   Campillo, Michel ^a   Voisin, Christophe ^a   Cotte, Nathalie ^a   Walpersdorf, Andrea ^a   Shapiro, Nikolai M ^c   Cougoulat, Glenn ^a   Roux, Philippe ^a   Kostoglodov, Vladimir ^d   Husker, Allen ^d   Payero, Juan S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GPS; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVE GENERATION;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84866322727     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009160     Document Type: Article

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