Generic along-strike segmentation of Afar normal faults, East Africa: Implications on fault growth and stress heterogeneity on seismogenic fault planes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 443-467

  Manighetti, I ^a   Caulet, C ^a   De Barros, L ^a   Perrin, C ^a   Cappa, F ^a   Gaudemer, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

earthquake dynamics; fault segmentation; seismogenic fault; slip profile; stress heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DISPLACEMENT PROFILES; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SEGMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; SIMILAR NUMBERS; SLIP PROFILES;

FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PLANE; HETEROGENEITY; NORMAL FAULT; SEGMENTATION; SLIP RATE; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AFAR;

EID: 85027917767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005691     Document Type: Article

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