Low friction along the high slip patch of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake required from the wedge structure and extensional splay faults

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4231-4237

  Cubas, N ^a   Avouac, J P ^a   Leroy, Y M ^b   Pons, A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Coulomb wedge; dynamic weakening; frictional properties; megathrust; splay fault; Tohoku Oki earthquake

Indexed keywords

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; COULOMB WEDGE; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MEGATHRUST; TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; TSUNAMIGENIC POTENTIAL;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PORE PRESSURE; TRIBOLOGY;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; FRICTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PRESSURE EFFECT; THRUST; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84882770251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50682     Document Type: Article

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