Earthquakes: Caught in the Act

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Abstract

Faults break under the stress of plate tectonic forces, but the processes immediately preceding rupture are enigmatic. Monitoring of a remote oceanic fault that breaks regularly indicates that rupture is controlled by physical properties of the fault zone.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalNature Geoscience
Volume5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2012
Externally publishedYes

Disciplines

  • Earth Sciences

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