Earthquakes: Caught in the Act

Authors

Jochen Braunmiller, Oregon State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1463

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.

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No

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Nature Geoscience, v. 5, p. 307-309

Scholar Commons Citation

Braunmiller, Jochen, "Earthquakes: Caught in the Act" (2012). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 795.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/795