Complexity of the deep San Andreas Fault zone defined by cascading tremor

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-151

  Shelly, David R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RUPTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923218594     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2335     Document Type: Article

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