High-resolution relocation of aftershocks of the Mw 7.1 Darfield, New Zealand, earthquake and implications for fault activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4184-4195

  Syracuse, E M ^a   Thurber, C H ^a   Rawles, C J ^a   Savage, M K ^b   Bannister, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Christchurch; hypocenters; intraplate faulting; stresses; temporal changes; tomography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; DARFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84885103933     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50301     Document Type: Article

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