Can coseismic stress variability suppress seismicity shadows? Insights from a rate-and-state friction model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Marsan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; STRESS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EID: 33750513152     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004060     Document Type: Article

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