Why large earthquakes do not nucleate at shallow depths

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Fault zone models, heat flow, and the depth distribution of earthquakes in the continental crust of the United States

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Possible criteria for predicting earthquake locations and their application to major plate boundaries of the Pacific and the Caribbean

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A numerical study of two-dimensional spontaneous rupture propagation

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Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering +16

Detailed studies of frictional sliding of granite and implications for the earthquake mechanism

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Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +15