Aftershocks resulting from creeping sections in a heterogeneous fault

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Zöller, Gert ^a   Hainzl, S ^a   Holschneider, M ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CREEP; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CREEP VELOCITY; CREEPING ZONES; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; POSTSEISMIC TRANSIENTS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

AFTERSHOCK; CREEP; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT;

EID: 17744370930     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021871     Document Type: Article

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