Earthquake cycle simulation with a revised rate- and state-dependent friction law

Tectonophysics

Volumn 600, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-204

  Kame, Nobuki ^a   Fujita, Satoshi ^a   Nakatani, Masao ^a   Kusakabe, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Critical stiffness; Earthquake cycle; Earthquake precursor; Rate and state dependent friction

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STIFFNESS; EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSORS; LONG TERM STABILITY; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; STATE-DEPENDENT; WEAKENING EFFECT;

SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; STIFFNESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; FRICTION; GEODETIC NETWORK; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 84879798123     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.029     Document Type: Article

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