How do asperities fracture? An experimental study of unbroken asperities

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 347-359

  Lei, Xinglin ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Aftershock; Asperity; b value; Fault nucleation; Foreshock; Omori's law

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; AFTERSHOCK; ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FORESHOCK; FRACTURE; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0042823566     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00328-5     Document Type: Article

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