Earthquake Rupturing in Fluid-Overpressured Crust: How Common?

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2867-2885

  Sibson, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORCE-BALANCE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRICTION; OVERPRESSURE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 84911392373     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0838-3     Document Type: Article

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