Rock and fault rheology explain differences between on fault and distributed seismicity
A new study sheds light on earthquake physics, showing that lithological and rheological heterogeneities in the rocks composing the seismogenic layer strongly influence seismicity distributions and earthquake scaling laws.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33373-y |