Creeping subduction zones are weaker than locked subduction zones

Hardebeck, JL; Loveless, JP

Hardebeck, JL (reprint author), US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA.

NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 2018; 11 (1): 60

Abstract

Faults that are fully or partially locked pose the greatest seismic hazard because they accumulate stress that can then be released in large earthquak......

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