Do earthquakes talk to each other? Triggering and interaction of repeating sequences at Parkfield

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-182

  Chen, Kate Huihusan ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^b   Nadeau, Robert M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake interaction; recurrence interval; repeating earthquake sequences; short term triggering; static stress change

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; STRESS CHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877129914     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009486     Document Type: Article

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