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Royle et al. 2006
Royle, G.T., Calvert, A.J. and Kao, H. (2006). Observations of non-volcanic tremor during the northern Cascadia slow-slip event in February 2002. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL027316. issn: 0094-8276.

We locate in the Cascadia subduction zone non-volcanic tremors from an episodic tremor and slip event in February 2002. The tremors occurred during two 10-day periods separated by a short lull. Tremors that occurred during the first period are broadly distributed between 10 km and 40 km depth at the southern end of Vancouver Island, and over a >50 km wide region measured normal to the margin. During the second period of tremor activity, most tremors were concentrated in a narrower zone, and many tremors occurred near the subduction megathrust at approximately 35 km depth. This relatively large number of tremors near the subduction megathrust is in contrast to the broad depth distribution of the subsequent March 2003 tremor sequence. The change in the pattern of tremor activity observed during the February 2002 sequence may indicate a change in the slow slip process, or in its migration along the margin.

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Seismology, Seismic monitoring and test-ban treaty verification, Seismology, Seismicity and tectonics (1207, 1217, 1240, 1242), Seismology, Subduction zones (1207, 1219, 1240), Tectonophysics, Continental margins, convergent
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Geophysical Research Letters
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