Strain-softening instability model for the San Fernando earthquake
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By: W.D. Stuart
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Abstract
Changes in the ground elevation observed before and immediately after the 1971 San Fernando, California, earthquake are consistent with a theoretical model in which fault zone rocks are strain-softening after peak stress. The model implies that the slip rate of the fault increased to about 0.1 meter per year near the focus before the earthquake.
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Stuart, W., 1979, Strain-softening instability model for the San Fernando earthquake: Science, v. 203, no. 4383, p. 907-910, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4383.907.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Strain-softening instability model for the San Fernando earthquake |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.203.4383.907 |
| Volume | 203 |
| Issue | 4383 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 907 |
| Last page | 910 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City | San Fernando |