Earthquake nucleation in the lower crust by local stress amplification
This study investigates deep intracontinental earthquakes. Based on field data from exhumed lower crustal pseudotachylytes and mylonites from Lofoten, northern Norway, the authors describe a novel model of earthquake nucleation in the lower crust as a transient consequence of ongoing localised aseis...
Main Authors: | L. R. Campbell, L. Menegon, Å. Fagereng, G. Pennacchioni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15150-x |
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