The mechanisms of deep earthquakes
High temperatures and pressures inhibit frictional sliding, normally restricting the occurrence of earthquakes to depths less than 30 km. However, in subduction zones, earthquakes occur down to depths approaching 700 km. In the literature, the process which enables unstable sliding at great depths i...
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University of Edinburgh
1999
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652694 |