Evidence for tidal triggering of high-amplitude rapid tremor reversals and tremor streaks in northern Cascadia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4254-4259

  Thomas, Trevor W ^a   Vidale, John E ^a   Houston, Heidi ^a   Creager, Kenneth C ^a   Sweet, Justin R ^a   Ghosh, Abhijit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; episodic tremor and slip; slow earthquake; tectonic tremor

Indexed keywords

BACK-PROJECTION; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE SLIP; EPISODIC TREMOR AND SLIP; HIGH RESOLUTION; TECTONIC TREMORS; TIDAL LOADINGS; TIDAL STRESS;

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; SHEAR STRESS;

LOADING;

AMPLITUDE; ARRAY; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRUST; TIDAL CYCLE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84883114177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50832     Document Type: Article

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