Deep low-frequency earthquakes in tectonic tremor along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1079-1090

  Brown, Justin R ^a   Prejean, Stephanie G ^b   Beroza, Gregory C ^a   Gomberg, Joan S ^c   Haeussler, Peter J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Seismology; Subduction; Tremor

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; FOX ISLANDS; KODIAK ISLAND; SHUMAGIN ISLANDS; UNALASKA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876893046     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009459     Document Type: Article

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