Rupture directivity of small earthquakes at Parkfield

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-221

  Kane, Deborah L ^a,b   Shearer, Peter M ^a   Goertz Allmann, Bettina P ^c,d   Vernon, Frank L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Parkfield; rupture directivity

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877156061     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009675     Document Type: Article

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