EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE CALCULATIONS WITH DYNAMIC WEAKENING MECHANISMS

Hiroyuki Noda; N. Lapusta; James R. Rice

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19630-0_38

EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE CALCULATIONS WITH DYNAMIC WEAKENING MECHANISMS

In: EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE CALCULATIONS WITH DYNAMIC WEAKENING MECHANISMS (Springer series in geomechanics and geoengineering)

Chapter In A Book 2011 English

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There are multiple lines of evidence that major faults which host large earthquakes (e.g., San Andreas fault) operate at much lower shear stresses than what is predicted by Byerlee’s law and a litho- and hydro-static stress state. Recent laboratory experimental...

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