Frictional coefficient on faults in a seismogenic region inferred from earthquake mechanism solutions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B3, 1997, Pages 5403-5412

  Iio, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT; FRICTION; FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT; PORE PRESSURE; SLIP;

EID: 0030884444     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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