GEOPHYSICS: What Triggers Tremor?

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Science 11 January 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5860, pp. 166 - 167
DOI: 10.1126/science.1152877

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GEOPHYSICS:
What Triggers Tremor?

Eliza Richardson and Chris Marone

Tidal forces and distant earthquakes can increase the low-frequency rumbling that occurs where tectonic plates collide.

The authors are at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy, and the Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. E-mail: eliza{at}geosc.psu.edu

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