A three-dimensional fluid-controlled earthquake model: Behavior and implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10621-10638

  Miller, Stephen A ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b   Burg, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; FLUID PRESSURE; MODEL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0033542028     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900084     Document Type: Article

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