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Fault Elasticity

Fault Elasticity is a geomechanical construct that characterizes the capacity of a fault zone to store and release elastic strain energy during seismic cycles, distinguishing it from bulk rock elasticity by specifically quantifying the reversible deformation behavior inherent to fault interfaces.

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2017–2026

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Implications for mechanical properties of brittle faults from observations of the Punchbowl fault zone, California

F. M. Chester, John M. Logan · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 1986 · 702 citations

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flexural rotation of normal faults

W. Roger Buck · Tectonics · 1988 · 635 citations

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Flexural rotation of normal faults

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1989 · 533 citations

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The accommodation of large strains in the upper lithosphere of the earth and other solids by self-similar fault systems: the geometrical origin of b-Value

G. C. P. King · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 1983 · 452 citations

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Energy Release in Earthquakes

L. Knopoff · Geophysical Journal International · 1958 · 360 citations · Full text

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Authors

254

  1. GC
    G. C. P. King

    Institut de physique du globe de Paris, France

    3 publications · 802 citations

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  2. GI
    Garrett Ito

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  3. AC
    A. Caporali

    University of Padua, Italy

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  4. BD
    Benchun Duan

    Texas A&M University, United States

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  5. YF
    Yuri Fialko

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    2 publications · 258 citations

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Institutions

125

  1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    550 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    390 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    457 citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    276 citations

  6. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    201 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    163 citations

  8. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 10 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    10 publications · 352 citations

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  3. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 9 publications · 753 citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    6 publications · 316 citations

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  5. Journal of Structural Geology

    5 publications · 494 citations

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