Cyclic stressing and seismicity at strongly coupled subduction zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8363-8381

  Taylor, Mark A J ^a   Zheng, Gutuan ^a   Rice, James R ^a   Stuart, William D ^b   Dmowska, Renata ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; EARTHQUAKE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEISMICITY; STRESS; STRONG COUPLING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EID: 0029749393     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03561     Document Type: Article

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