Accelerated creep as a precursor of friction instability and earthquake prediction

Physical Mesomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Popov, V L ^a   Grzemba, B ^a   Starcevic, J ^a   Fabry, C ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creep; Earthquake prediction; Sliding friction; State variable; Static friction; Stick slip

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650274984     PISSN: 10299599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physme.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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