Frictional behavior of oceanic transform faults and its influence on earthquake characteristics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Yajing ^a,b   McGuire, Jeffrey J ^b   Behn, Mark D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GABBRO; HALF SPACE; HETEROGENEITY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 84861387225     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009025     Document Type: Article

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