Quasi-static fault slip on an interface between poroelastic media with different hydraulic diffusivity: A generation mechanism of afterslip

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yamashita, Teruo ^a   Suzuki, Takehito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; FLUID PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROELASTICITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 67649997706     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005930     Document Type: Article

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