Intense interface seismicity triggered by a shallow slow slip event in the Central Ecuador subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2965-2981

  Vallée, Martin ^a,b   Nocquet, Jean Mathieu ^a   Battaglia, Jean ^c   Font, Yvonne ^a   Segovia, Monica ^d   Régnier, Marc ^a   Mothes, Patricia ^d   Jarrin, Paul ^d   Cisneros, David ^e   Vaca, Sandro ^d   Yepes, Hugo ^d   Martin, Xavier ^a   Béthoux, Nicole ^a   Chlieh, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^e Military Geographic Institute of Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

microseismicity; seismic cycle; seismic swarm; slow slip event; subduction interface

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GPS; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84880713206     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50216     Document Type: Article

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