Episodic fault creep events in California controlled by shallow frictional heterogeneity
Episodic fault creep events in California controlled by shallow frictional heterogeneity
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Stable fault slip, or creep, is thought to occur in unconsolidated sediments that form shallow parts of continental strike-slip faults. Numerical simulations show that creep events observed on faults in California also require the presence of a shallow, unstable layer of rock, the thickness of which influences the duration of the creep event.
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Episodic fault creep events in California controlled by shallow frictional heterogeneity
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1372095517
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1372095517
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1752-0894
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1752-0908
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10.1038/ngeo1835
