Phantom earthquakes and triggered aseismic creep: Vertical partitioning of strain during earthquake sequences in Iran

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 819-823

  Barnhart, William D ^a   Lohman, Rowena B ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseismic slip; Earthquakes; Geodesy; InSAR; Zagros

Indexed keywords

ASEISMIC SLIP; CURRENT CONVERGENCE; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; INSAR; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; SPATIAL SEPARATION; VERTICAL PARTITIONING; ZAGROS;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; PARTITIONING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MOMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

IRAN;

EID: 84876795367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50201     Document Type: Article

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