Imaging along-strike variations in mechanical properties of the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 7175-7194

  Froment, B ^a   McGuire, J J ^b   Van Der Hilst, R D ^a   Gouedard P ^a,c   Roland, E C ^b,d   Zhang, H ^e   Collins, J A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Magnitude LLC   (France)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

double difference tomography; fault zone; imaging; mid ocean ridge transform fault

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; IMAGING METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSFORM FAULT; WAVE VELOCITY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84927647680     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011270     Document Type: Article

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