Nonuniform prestress from prior earthquakes and the effect on dynamics of branched fault systems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Duan, Benchun ^a,b   Oglesby, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; RUPTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 40249093295     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004443     Document Type: Article

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