Slow slip event in the Mexican subduction zone: Evidence of shallower slip in the Guerrero seismic gap for the 2006 event revealed by the joint inversion of InSAR and GPS data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 367, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-60

  Cavalie O ^a,b   Pathier, E ^a   Radiguet, M ^a,c   Vergnolle, M ^a,b   Cotte, N ^a   Walpersdorf, A ^a   Kostoglodov, V ^d   Cotton, F ^a  

^a UMR 5265   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

InSAR; Seismic cycle; Slow slip event; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INSAR; MEXICAN SUBDUCTION ZONE; SEISMIC CYCLE; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; ENVISAT-1; GPS; SEGMENTATION; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRENCH; UPLIFT; WAVELENGTH;

ACAPULCO; GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84875065261     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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