Megathrust earthquake swarms indicate frictional changes which delimit large earthquake ruptures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-243

  Holtkamp, Stephen ^a   Brudzinski, Michael R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseismic slip; Earthquake swarms; Fault zone stress heterogeneity; Large earthquake rupture process; Subduction zone segmentation

Indexed keywords

ASEISMIC SLIP; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; FAULT ZONE; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALASKA; CHILE; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAPAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893374023     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.033     Document Type: Article

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