Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes
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Abstract
We demonstrate qualitatively that frictional instability theory provides a context for understanding how earthquakes may be triggered by transient loads associated with seismic waves from near and distance earthquakes. We assume that earthquake triggering is a stick-slip process and test two hypotheses about the effect of transients on the timing of instabilities using a simple spring-slider model and a rate- and state-dependent friction constitutive law. A critical triggering threshold is implicit in such a model formulation.
Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes |
Series title | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |
DOI | 10.1785/BSSA0870020294 |
Volume | 87 |
Issue | 2 |
Year Published | 1997 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Seismological Society of America |
Description | 16 p. |
First page | 294 |
Last page | 309 |
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