Depth dependent stress revealed by aftershocks

Aftershocks are earthquakes triggered in the near field by the dynamic rupture of larger earthquake events. Here, the authors show along the San Andreas fault system that the early aftershock decay rate can be used to infer the variations of stress with depth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter Shebalin, Clément Narteau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01446-y