Low-frequency earthquakes in the Mexican sweet spot

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2661-2666

  Frank, William B ^a   Shapiro, Nikolaï M ^a   Kostoglodov, Vladimir ^b   Husker, Allen L ^b   Campillo, Michel ^c   Payero, Juan S ^b   Prieto, Germán A ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquakes; low frequency; mexico; slow slip; subduction; tremor

Indexed keywords

LOW-FREQUENCY; ME-XICO; SLOW-SLIP; SUBDUCTION; TREMOR;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STACKING; SUBDUCTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84879947594     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50561     Document Type: Article

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