Effects of low - rigidity layers on earthquake - cycle 1 dynamics in long - term fault slip simulations
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Y. Kaneko, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univerisity of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0225, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. ([email protected]) J.-P. Ampuero, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard MC 252-21, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. ([email protected]) N. Lapusta, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard MC 104-44, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. ([email protected])
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