Repeated large Slow Slip Events at the southcentral Alaska subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 375, Issue , 2013, Pages 303-311

  Fu, Yuning ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska subduction zone; GPS; Slow Slip Event; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

ALASKA EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; INTER-SEISMIC PERIODS; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLATE MOTION; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881546051     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.05.049     Document Type: Article

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