Earthquake cycle, fault zones, and seismicity patterns in a rheologically layered lithosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B3, 2001, Pages 4103-4120

  Lyakhovsky, Vladimir ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b   Agnon, Amotz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0034963733     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900218     Document Type: Article

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