Frictional Strength of the Creeping Segment of the San Andreas Fault

The San Andreas Fault (SAF) near Parkfield, CA moves by a combination of aseismic creep and micro-earthquake slip. Measurements of in situ stress orientation, stress magnitude, and heat flow are incompatible with an average shear stress on the SAF greater than approximately 20 MPa. To investigate th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coble, Clayton Gage
Other Authors: Chester, Frederick M.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8869