Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
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Abstract
We demonstrate qualitatively that frictional instability theory provides a context for understanding how earthquakes may be triggered by transient loads associated with seismic waves from near and distance earthquakes. We assume that earthquake triggering is a stick-slip process and test two hypotheses about the effect of transients on the timing of instabilities using a simple spring-slider model and a rate- and state-dependent friction constitutive law. A critical triggering threshold is implicit in such a model formulation.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes |
| Series title | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |
| DOI | 10.1785/BSSA0870020294 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication Date | April 01, 1997 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Seismological Society of America |
| Description | 16 p. |
| First page | 294 |
| Last page | 309 |