Slow slip predictions based on granite and gabbro friction data compared to GPS measurements in northern Cascadia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Yajing ^a   Rice, James R ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FLUID PRESSURE; FORWARD MODELING; FRICTION; GABBRO; GPS; GRANITE; PORE PRESSURE; PREDICTION; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 72049132329     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006142     Document Type: Article

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