How do "ghost transients" from past earthquakes affect GPS slip rate estimates on southern California faults?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 828-838

  Hearn, E H ^a   Pollitz, F F ^a   Thatcher, W R ^a   Onishi, C T ^a  

^a Contractor to United States Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

block models; earthquake cycle model; fault slip rates; GPS velocity field; seismic hazard; viscoelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TRANSIENTS; VELOCITY;

BLOCK MODELS; EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; FAULT-SLIP RATES; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; SEISMIC HAZARDS; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; GPS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878383341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20080     Document Type: Article

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