Large earthquake cycles and intermittent critically on heterogeneous faults due to evolving stress and seismicity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a   Eneva, Mariana ^b   Liu, Yunfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake physics; Evolving stress; Heterogeneous faults; Intermittent criticality; Prediction; Seismicity patterns

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STATE; CYCLICITY; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; SEISMICITY; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 18244428033     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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