Afterslip and aftershocks in the rate-and-state friction law

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Helmstetter, Agnès ^a   Shaw, Bruce E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; FAULT; FRICTION; POWER LAW; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 63049084010     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005077     Document Type: Article

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