The thickness of subduction plate boundary faults from the seafloor into the seismogenic zone

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 991-994

  Rowe, Christie D ^a   Moore, J Casey ^b   Remitti, Francesca ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRIC MODELING; INTERSEISMIC CREEP; INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBDUCTION THRUST;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE FAULT; CREEP; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; MELANGE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 84883046743     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34556.1     Document Type: Article

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