Under what circumstances does a seismogenic patch produce aseismic transients in the later interseismic period?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7477-7484

  Noda, H ^a   Hori, T ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aseismic transient; earthquake; earthquake sequence simulation; nucleation; rate and state dependent friction

Indexed keywords

CREEP; NUCLEATION; TRANSIENTS;

DISASTER MITIGATION; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; INERTIAL EFFECT; INTER-SEISMIC PERIODS; LINEAR STABILITY; STATE-DEPENDENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SIMULATION;

EID: 84912101475     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061676     Document Type: Article

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