The synchronous occurrence of shallow tremor and very low frequency earthquakes offshore of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1517-1522

  Walter, Jacob I ^a,b,c   Schwartz, Susan Y ^a   Protti, Marino ^b   Gonzalez, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; slow slip; tremor; very low frequency earthquakes

Indexed keywords

COSTA RICA; EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; SLOW SLIP; TREMOR; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

LOADING;

EARTHQUAKES;

COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FRICTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SHALLOW WATER; SLIP RATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRUST;

COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 84877953277     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50213     Document Type: Article

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