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Tidal triggering of earthquakes
Thomas H. Heaton
Tidal triggering of earthquakes
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (December 1982) 72, Part A: 2181-2200
Tidal triggering of earthquakes
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (December 1982) 72, Part A: 2181-2200
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Abstract
Analysis of the tidal stress tensor at the time of moderate to large earthquakes fails to confirm an earlier hypothesis that the origin times of shallow dip-slip earthquakes correlate with solid-earth tidal shear stress. No correlation is seen for either tidal shear stress or tidal normal-to-the-fault compressive stress with shallow strike-slip earthquakes or with deep earthquakes.--Modified journal abstract.
ISSN: 0037-1106
EISSN: 1943-3573
Coden: BSSAAP
Serial Title: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Serial Volume: 72, Part A
Title: Tidal triggering of earthquakes
Author(s): Heaton, Thomas H.
Affiliation: U. S. Geol. Surv., Seismol. Lab.,
Pasadena, CA,
United States
Pages: 2181-2200
Published: 198212
Text Language: English
Publisher: Seismological Society of America,
Berkeley, CA,
United States
References: 85
Accession Number: 1983-032824
Categories: Seismology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 3 tables
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1983
Program Name: USGSOPNon-USGS publications with USGS authors
