Background and delayed-triggered swarms in the central Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 945-964

  Boese, C M ^a   Jacobs, K M ^a   Smith, E G C ^a   Stern, T A ^a   Townend, J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; FAULTING; SURFACE WAVES;

DARFIELD EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; QUIESCENT PERIOD; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; TRIGGERING THRESHOLD;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; OROGENY; UPLIFT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84901310896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC005171     Document Type: Article

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