The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip
To first order, faults are locked while stress builds up to a devastating earthquake. However, we know that faults also slip slowly. After decades of geophysical observation, slow slip is now recognized as part of a continuum of transient deformation ranging from the dynamic propagation of seismic r...
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| description | To first order, faults are locked while stress builds up to a devastating earthquake. However, we know that faults also slip slowly. After decades of geophysical observation, slow slip is now recognized as part of a continuum of transient deformation ranging from the dynamic propagation of seismic rupture to aseismic events over a wide range of durations and sizes. A growing body of evidence suggests that large‐scale slow slip events can be decomposed into a multitude of smaller, temporally clustered events. Slow slip is more frequent and more dynamic than is suggested by conceptual models of rate‐strengthening, stable slip. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6903a17b77194b7fa683fdfbcc907a572022-12-22T02:37:39ZengWileyAGU Advances2576-604X2020-03-0111n/an/a10.1029/2019AV000126The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow SlipR. Jolivet0W. B. Frank1Laboratoire de Géologie, Département de Géosciences, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS UMR 8538, PSL Université Paris FranceDepartment of Earth Sciences University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USATo first order, faults are locked while stress builds up to a devastating earthquake. However, we know that faults also slip slowly. After decades of geophysical observation, slow slip is now recognized as part of a continuum of transient deformation ranging from the dynamic propagation of seismic rupture to aseismic events over a wide range of durations and sizes. A growing body of evidence suggests that large‐scale slow slip events can be decomposed into a multitude of smaller, temporally clustered events. Slow slip is more frequent and more dynamic than is suggested by conceptual models of rate‐strengthening, stable slip.https://doi.org/10.1029/2019AV000126slow slipgeodesyseismology |
| spellingShingle | R. Jolivet W. B. Frank The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip AGU Advances slow slip geodesy seismology |
| title | The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip |
| title_full | The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip |
| title_fullStr | The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip |
| title_short | The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip |
| title_sort | transient and intermittent nature of slow slip |
| topic | slow slip geodesy seismology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2019AV000126 |
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