Analytic modelling of the deformation due to plate coupling at subduction zones

A majority of the largest earthquakes result from the build-up of coupling stresses between tectonic plates at subduction zones. These earthquakes arise, periodically, when the accumulating stress reaches a level which exceeds the rupture strength of the interface. The stresses along the interfa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglass, Julian J.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4158