Earthquakes and friction laws

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Journal Article
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1998
Authors: 
Scholz, C. H.
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Nature
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Jan 1
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391
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6662
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37-42
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0028-0836
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ISI:000071326100041
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Key Words: 
san-andreas fault; time-dependent friction; critical slip distance; rock friction; stick-slip; subduction zones; shear zones; california; state; depth;
Abstract: 

Earthquakes have long been recognized as resulting from a stick-slip frictional instability. The development of a full constitutive raw for rock friction now shows that the gamut of earthquake phenomena-seismogenesis and seismic coupling, pre-and post-seismic phenomena, and the insensitivity of earthquakes to stress transients-all appear as manifestations of the richness of this friction law.

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