Tidal modulation and back-propagating fronts in slow slip events simulated with a velocity-weakening to velocity-strengthening friction law

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1216-1239

  Hawthorne, J C ^a,b   Rubin, A M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

rate and state friction; slow earthquakes; slow slip events; velocity weakening to strengthening transition

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FRICTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; SLIP RATE;

CASCADIA BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84876897993     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50107     Document Type: Article

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