Seismicity on a fault controlled by rate- and state-dependent friction with spatial variations of the critical slip distance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hillers, G ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^b   Mai, P M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; SEISMICITY;

EID: 33644671343     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003859     Document Type: Article

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