Interseismic strain accumulation: Spin-up, cycle invariance, and irregular rupture sequences

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hetland, E A ^a,b   Hager, B H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault spin up; Interseismic strain accumulation; Interseismic velocities; Rupture clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348890030     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001087     Document Type: Article

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