Effect of initial conditions and loading path on earthquake nucleation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Fang, Zijun ^a,b,c   Dieterich, James H ^b   Xu, Guanshui ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULTING; SEISMIC ZONE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 77954373659     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006558     Document Type: Article

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