Nucleation and arrest of dynamic slip on a pressurized fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Garagash, Dmitry I ^a   Germanovich, Leonid N ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLUID PRESSURE; INDUCED SEISMICITY; NUCLEATION; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

EID: 84868309284     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009209     Document Type: Article

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