On the recurrence of earthquakes: Role of wear in brittle faulting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Bizzarri, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; FAULT MODEL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INITIAL CONDITIONS; PORE FLUIDS; RECURRENCE TIME; STRESS RELEASE; TECTONIC LOADING; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; WEAR GENERATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; WEAR;

EID: 78149256339     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045480     Document Type: Article

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