Transition process from nucleation to high-speed rupture propagation: Scaling from stick-slip experiments to natural earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-30

  Shibazaki, Bunichiro ^a,b   Matsu'ura, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Critical weakening displacement; Fundamental scaling relations; Slow initial phase; Transition process; Weak zone size

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; NUCLEATION; RUPTURE MECHANISM; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SEISMICITY; STICK-SLIP;

EID: 0031950835     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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