Preseismic Fault Creep and Elastic Wave Amplitude Precursors Scale With Lab Earthquake Magnitude for the Continuum of Tectonic Failure Modes

Authors :: Srisharan Shreedharan
David Chas Bolton
Jacques Rivière
Chris Marone
Source :: Geophysical Research Letters. 47
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2020.
Abstract: Tectonic faults fail in a continuum of modes from slow earthquakes to elastodynamic rupture. Precursory variations in elastic wavespeed and amplitude, interpreted as indicators of imminent failure,...

Subjects :: Tectonics
Geophysics
Amplitude
Creep
Continuum (measurement)
Earthquake prediction
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earthquake magnitude
Geology
Seismology

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