Seismic variability of subduction thrust faults: Insights from laboratory models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Corbi, F ^a   Funiciello, F ^a   Faccenna, C ^a   Ranalli, G ^b   Heuret, A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FRICTION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TECTONIC PLATE; THRUST FAULT;

PETREA VOLUBILIS;

EID: 79959577918     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007993     Document Type: Article

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