Simulations of tremor-related creep reveal a weak crustal root of the San Andreas Fault

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1300-1305

  Johnson, Kaj M ^a   Shelly, David R ^b   Bradley, Andrew M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fault creep; friction

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FAULT CREEP; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; NEUTRAL STABILITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRANSIENT CREEPS;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CREEP;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CREEP; CRUSTAL ROOT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRICTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SAN SIMEON EARTHQUAKE 2003; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876927049     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50216     Document Type: Article

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