Stress triggering of large earthquakes complicated by transient aseismic slip episodes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Cho, Ikuo ^a   Tada, Taku ^a   Kuwahara, Yasuto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ELASTICITY; FAULT SLIP; FRICTION; NUCLEATION; PERTURBATION; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIDING;

EID: 70349669299     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006125     Document Type: Article

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