Earthquake hypocenters and focal mechanisms in central Oklahoma reveal a complex system of reactivated subsurface strike-slip faulting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2742-2749

  McNamara, D E ^a   Benz, H M ^a   Herrmann, R B ^b   Bergman, E A ^c   Earle, P ^a   Holland, A ^d   Baldwin, R ^a   Gassner, A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c Global Seismological Services   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

injection induced earthquakes; Oklahoma seismicity; reactivated faulting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; HAZARDS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; ENERGY INDUSTRY; MULTIPLE EVENTS; OKLAHOMA; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SEISMIC STATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PARAMETERIZATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929508598     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062730     Document Type: Article

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