Stuck in the mud? Earthquake nucleation and propagation through accretionary forearcs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Faulkner, D R ^a   Mitchell, T M ^b   Behnsen, J ^a   Hirose, T ^c   Shimamoto, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CLAY GOUGES; CRITICAL SLIP; EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; PORE FLUIDS; SEA FLOOR; SLIP VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION; WET CLAY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MUD; NUCLEATION; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 80053039584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048552     Document Type: Article

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