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Preexisting Faults

Preexisting Faults is a geological construct denoting ancient, often cryptic fracture zones within the lithosphere that, despite prior tectonic inactivity, serve as preferential sites for intraplate earthquake nucleation due to localized stress concentration under contemporary loading regimes.

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Statistical physics, seismogenesis, and seismic hazard

Ian Main · Reviews of Geophysics · 1996 · 434 citations

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SAN ANDREAS, GARLOCK, AND BIG PINE FAULTS, CALIFORNIA

Mason L. Hill, T.W. Dibblee · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1953 · 213 citations

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A fluid‐driven earthquake swarm on the margin of the Yellowstone caldera

D. R. Shelly, David P. Hill, Frédérick Massin et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2013 · 201 citations · Full text

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A cohesive zone model for dynamic shear faulting based on experimentally inferred constitutive relation and strong motion source parameters

Mitiyasu Ohnaka, Teruo Yamashita · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 185 citations

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Origin, damping, and pattern of development of faults in granite

Thérèse Granier · Tectonics · 1985 · 177 citations

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Authors

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  1. TL
    Thomas L. Holzer

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  2. FK
    Folarin Kolawole

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. DL
    Daniel Larsen

    University of Memphis, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  4. RL
    Renqi Lu

    China Earthquake Administration, China

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. MA
    Mark A. Williamson

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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Institutions

108

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    444 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

  4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

  5. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    133 citations

  6. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    241 citations

  7. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  8. ExxonMobil (United States)

    Irving, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    223 citations

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  1. Geophysical Research Letters

    7 publications · 414 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    7 publications · 435 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 522 citations

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  4. Tectonics

    5 publications · 477 citations

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  5. Water Resources Research

    2 publications · 44 citations

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