Arrest and recovery of frictional creep on the southern Hayward fault triggered by the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake and implications for future earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kanu, Chinaemerem ^a   Johnson, Kaj ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CREEP; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP RATE;

EID: 79955100758     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007927     Document Type: Article

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