Spontaneous and triggered aseismic deformation transients in a subduction fault model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Yajing ^a,b   Rice, James R ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; PORE PRESSURE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; STRESS CHANGE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 36049000593     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004930     Document Type: Article

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