EARTHQUAKE SCALING LAWS FOR CREEPING AND NON-CREEPING FAULTS

Authors
AMELUNG F KING G
Citation
F. Amelung et G. King, EARTHQUAKE SCALING LAWS FOR CREEPING AND NON-CREEPING FAULTS, Geophysical research letters, 24(5), 1997, pp. 507-510
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
24
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
507 - 510
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1997)24:5<507:ESLFCA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The dependence of the summed moment release on the fault dimension dif fers between non-creeping faults and creeping faults or volcanic regio ns. This can be attributed to different earthquake scaling laws. The n umber N of events with fault length L scales for non-creeping faults a s N(L)similar to L(-2) and for creeping faults as N(L)similar to L(-3) . This difference offers a means for mapping the distribution of creep in the seismogenic crust.