Upper plate stressing and seismicity in the subduction earthquake cycle
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Upper plate stressing and seismicity in the subduction earthquake cycle
We investigate upper plate stressing during the earthquake cycle in a subduction segment, using three-dimensional (3-D) elastic models to address the effects of strongly heterogeneous coupling along strike of the interplate interface. We show how heterogeneity controls the locations and mechanisms of seismicity in the upper plate. Oblique subduction segments, two from the Aleutians (Andreanof I...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00755