Aseismic slip and fault interaction from repeating earthquakes in the Loma Prieta aftershock zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1079-1083

  Turner, R C ^a   Nadeau, R M ^a   Burgmann R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aseismic slip; earthquake; Loma Prieta; repeating earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK ZONES; ASEISMIC SLIP; COULOMB STRESS; FAULT INTERACTIONS; LOMA PRIETA; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKES; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CALIFORNIA; LOMA PRIETA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876919388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50212     Document Type: Article

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