Concepedia

Distribution of discrete seismic asperities and aseismic slip along the Ecuadorian megathrust

M. Chlieh, Patricia Mothes, Jean‐Mathieu Nocquet, P. Jarrín, Philippe Charvis, David A. Cisneros, Yvonne Font, Jean‐Yves Collot, Juan Carlos Villegas Lanza, F. Rolandone,

Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2014 · 114 citations · 50 references

Concepts

GeophysicsMarine GeologyTectonicsDiscrete Seismic AsperitiesEngineeringSeismic WaveSeismologySeismic CycleEarthquake SourceGeographyGeomechanicsAseismic SlipEcuadorian MegathrustEarthquake RuptureSeismic HazardEarth ScienceGeodesy

References

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New empirical relationships among magnitude, rupture length, rupture width, rupture area, and surface displacement

Donald Wells, Kevin J. Coppersmith · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1994 · 7.6K citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Earthquake Scenario +18

An updated digital model of plate boundaries

Peter Bird · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2003 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Engineering, Continental Tectonics, Computer-aided Design +24

Earthquakes and friction laws

Christopher H. Scholz · Nature · 1998 · 2.2K citations

Friction Laws, Earthquake Engineering, Engineering +5

Slab1.0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

G. P. Hayes, David J. Wald, Rebecca L. Johnson · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2011 · 1.1K citations

Geophysics, New Slab1.0 Website, Subduction Zones +14

A dislocation model of strain accumulation and release at a subduction zone

J. C. Savage · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1983 · 1K citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Earthquake Hazards +25