Fracture energies at the rupture nucleation points of large interplate earthquakes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 190-197

  Kato, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake cycle; Fracture energy; Friction; Preseismic sliding; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; FRICTION LAWS; INTER-SEISMIC PERIODS; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; NANKAI EARTHQUAKE; NUCLEATION POINTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE VELOCITY; PRESEISMIC SLIDING; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN; STATE-DEPENDENT; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; NUCLEATION;

FRACTURE ENERGY;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE; NUCLEATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; RUPTURE; SEISMIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84866149372     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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