Characterization of nucleation during laboratory earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5064-5069

  Latour, S ^a   Schubnel, A ^a   Nielsen, S ^b,c   Madariaga, R ^a   Vinciguerra, S ^d,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

laboratory earthquake; nucleation; rupture dynamics; slow slip

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION PHASE; CRITICAL NUCLEATION; DYNAMIC PROPAGATION; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; IN-PLANE RUPTURES; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; NATURAL EARTHQUAKE; SLOW SLIP;

EARTHQUAKES;

NUCLEATION;

ACCELERATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEATION; RUPTURE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 84884918709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50974     Document Type: Article

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