Aseismic slip and seismogenic coupling along the central San Andreas Fault

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 297-306

  Jolivet, R ^a,b   Simons, M ^a   Agram, P S ^c   Duputel, Z ^a,d   Shen, Z K ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aseismic slip; Bayesian inversion; GPS; InSAR; San Andreas Fault

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCKS (FASTENERS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASEISMIC SLIP; BAYESIAN INVERSION; FULLY BAYESIAN APPROACHES; HIGH RESOLUTION SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; INSAR; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT;

FAULT SLIPS;

ASPERITY; CREEP; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GPS; PROBABILITY; RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923546211     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062222     Document Type: Article

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