Modeling slip processes at the deeper part of the seismogenic zone using a constitutive law combining friction and flow laws

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1211-1218

  Shibazaki, Bunichiro ^a   Tanaka, Hidemi ^b   Horikawa, Haruo ^c   Iio, Yoshihisa ^d  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; CREEP; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; POWER LAW; SEISMIC ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 20544458467     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353322     Document Type: Article

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