Challenging the rate‐state asperity model: Afterslip following the 2011 M9 Tohoku‐oki, Japan, earthquake

Prior to the 2011 M9 Tohoku‐oki earthquake, subduction at the Japan Trench was characterized by M7‐8 earthquakes, sometimes rupturing the same source regions (seismic asperities), followed by extensive afterslip detected by GPS measurements. A physically‐based model consisting of velocity‐weakening...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	Kaj M. Johnson, Jun'ichi Fukuda, Paul Segall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2012-10-01
Subjects:	afterslip friction
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052901