Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakes
The authors show that seismogenic faults can be activated by stress perturbations by all possible modes of slip independently of the frictional properties. They demonstrate, that the nature of seismicity is mostly governed by the initial stress level along the faults.
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doaj-6a93033f37814aa786761973ff42895f2021-05-11T08:03:38ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-10-011111810.1038/s41467-020-18937-0Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakesFrançois X. Passelègue0Michelle Almakari1Pierre Dublanchet2Fabian Barras3Jérôme Fortin4Marie Violay5Laboratoire de Mécanique des Roches, École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneCentre de Géosciences, MINES ParisTECH, PSL Research UniversityCentre de Géosciences, MINES ParisTECH, PSL Research UniversityThe Njord Centre for Studies of the Physics of the Earth, University of OsloÉcole Normale Supérieure, UMR8538, 24 rue LhomondLaboratoire de Mécanique des Roches, École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneThe authors show that seismogenic faults can be activated by stress perturbations by all possible modes of slip independently of the frictional properties. They demonstrate, that the nature of seismicity is mostly governed by the initial stress level along the faults.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18937-0 |
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François X. Passelègue Michelle Almakari Pierre Dublanchet Fabian Barras Jérôme Fortin Marie Violay |
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Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakes |
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Nature Communications |
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2020-10-01 |
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The authors show that seismogenic faults can be activated by stress perturbations by all possible modes of slip independently of the frictional properties. They demonstrate, that the nature of seismicity is mostly governed by the initial stress level along the faults. |
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