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An inhomogeneous fault model for gaps, asperities, barriers, and seismicity migration

Rundle, John B. and Kanamori, Hiroo and McNally, Karen C. (1984) An inhomogeneous fault model for gaps, asperities, barriers, and seismicity migration. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 89 (B12). pp. 10219-10231. ISSN 0148-0227. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141103-140706165

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Abstract

We develop a model for a fault in which various areas of the fault plane have different stress-slip constitutive laws. The model is conceptually simple, involving nonlinear algebraic equations which can easily be solved by a graphical method of successive iterations. Application is made to the problem of explaining seismicity patterns associated with great earthquakes. The model quantitatively explains phenomena associated with seismic gaps, asperities, and barriers.


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Kanamori, Hiroo0000-0001-8219-9428
Additional Information:© 1984 by the American Geophysical Union. Paper number 4B1030. Received June 23, 1983; revised July 20, 1984; accepted July 23, 1984. This work performed in part at Sandia National Laboratories sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-76DP00789. This work partially performed while the author was a visiting associate at the Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
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Department of Energy (DOE)DE-AC04-76DP00789
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Official Citation:Rundle, J. B., H. Kanamori, and K. C. McNally (1984), An inhomogeneous fault model for gaps, asperities, barriers, and seismicity migration, J. Geophys. Res., 89(B12), 10219–10231, doi:10.1029/JB089iB12p10219
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