Observations of static Coulomb stress triggering of the November 2011 M5.7 Oklahoma earthquake sequence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1904-1923

  Sumy, Danielle F ^a,b   Cochran, Elizabeth S ^a   Keranen, Katie M ^c,d   Wei, Maya ^e   Abers, Geoffrey A ^f  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

focal mechanisms; Oklahoma; stress triggering

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FLUID INJECTION; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORESHOCK; FRICTION; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901043272     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010612     Document Type: Article

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