Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions

Autor: Zoë K. Mildon, Gerald P. Roberts, Joanna P. Faure Walker, Joakim Beck, Ioannis Papanikolaou, Alessandro M. Michetti, Shinji Toda, Francesco Iezzi, Lucy Campbell, Kenneth J. W. McCaffrey, Richard Shanks, Claudia Sgambato, Jennifer Robertson, Marco Meschis, Eutizio Vittori
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34821-5
Popis: The mechanisms responsible for clustering of surface fault earthquakes are often unclear. Here the authors find that differential stress fluctuates during fault/shear-zone interactions which can produce changes in strain-rate and slip-rate changes leading to earthquake clustering.
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