Coseismic thermal pressurization can notably prolong earthquake recurrence intervals on weak rate and state friction faults: Numerical experiments using different constitutive equations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Mitsui, Yuta ^a   Hirahara, Kazuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EQUATION; FAULT; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 72049106100     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006220     Document Type: Article

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