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Fault Locking

Fault Locking is a mechanical phenomenon in structural geology wherein a fault zone resists slip due to high frictional or geometric constraints, thereby preventing relative displacement between adjacent crustal blocks under accumulating tectonic stress.

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2017–2026

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Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest

Robert J. McCaffrey, Anthony Qamar, R. W. King et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 2007 · 408 citations · Full text

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Time‐dependent inversion of three‐component continuous GPS for steady and transient sources in northern Cascadia

Robert J. McCaffrey · Geophysical Research Letters · 2009 · 146 citations · Full text

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Central Chile Finally Breaks

Raúl Madariaga, Marianne Métois, C. Vigny et al. · Science · 2010 · 113 citations

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Tectonics of slow spreading mid‐ocean ridges and consequences of a variable depth to the brittle/ductile transition

Gregory D. Harper · Tectonics · 1985 · 113 citations

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Fault on–off versus coseismic fluids reaction

Carlo Doglioni, S. Barba, Eugenio Carminati et al. · Geoscience Frontiers · 2013 · 112 citations · Full text

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Authors

92

  1. RJ
    Robert J. McCaffrey

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 588 citations

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  2. SB
    S. Barba

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    2 publications · 138 citations

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  3. CQ
    Chunyan Qu

    China Earthquake Administration, China

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  4. XS
    Xinjian Shan

    China Earthquake Administration, China

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. YL
    Yanchuan Li

    China Earthquake Administration, China

    2 publications · 58 citations

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Institutions

51

  1. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    485 citations

  2. Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    297 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    564 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    441 citations

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    302 citations

  6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Troy, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Laboratoire de Géologie de l’École Normale Supérieure

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    407 citations

  8. China University of Petroleum, East China

    Qingdao, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

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Venues

  1. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 306 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  3. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  4. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 2 publications · 442 citations

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  5. Nature Geoscience

    1 publications · 36 citations

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