Laboratory-based maximum slip rates in earthquake rupture zones and radiated energy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3250-3260

  McGarr, A ^a   Fletcher, J B ^a   Boettcher, M ^b   Beeler, N ^a   Boatwright, J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; DEEP GOLD MINES; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND-MOTION; MAXIMUM SLIP; PILOT HOLES; RADIATED ENERGIES; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE PROCESS; RUPTURE ZONE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP RATES; SPACE AND TIME; STICK-SLIP FRICTION; STRESS PARAMETER;

EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; GOLD MINES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LABORATORIES; SLIP FORMING; TECTONICS;

YIELD STRESS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP RATE;

EID: 78650125662     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100043     Document Type: Article

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