Tectonic tremor recorded by ocean bottom seismometers

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 752-758

  Wech, A G ^a,d   Sheehan, A F ^b   Boese, C M ^a,e   Townend, J ^a   Stern, T A ^a   Collins, J A ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84893724804     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120184     Document Type: Article

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