Spatial heterogeneity of tectonic stress and friction in the crust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Rivera, Luis ^a,b   Kanamori, Hiroo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STRESS INVERSION; TECTONIC STRESS; UNIFORM STRESS FIELDS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0037088832     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013803     Document Type: Article

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