Earthquake nucleation on model faults with rate- and state-dependent friction: Effects of inertia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 13919-13932

  Roy, Mousumi ^a   Marone, Chris ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; FAULTING; FRICTION; INERTIA; RUPTURE NUCLEATION; SOURCE MECHANISM;

EID: 0030469770     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00529     Document Type: Article

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