Low frequency earthquakes below southern Vancouver Island

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Bostock, M G ^a   Royer, A A ^a   Hearn, E H ^a   Peacock, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascadia; low frequency earthquake; plate boundary; subduction zone; tectonic tremor; Wadati Benioff seismicity

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

CASCADIA; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; WADATI-BENIOFF SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METABASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; POINT SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; JAPAN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84869444822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004391     Document Type: Article

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