Episodic slow slip events and rate-and-state friction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Rubin, Allan M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; PORE PRESSURE; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 58549093554     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005642     Document Type: Article

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