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Earthquake scaling laws for creeping and non‐creeping faults
Author(s) -
Amelung Falk,
King Geoffrey
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/97gl00287
Subject(s) - geology , scaling law , san andreas fault , seismology , moment (physics) , volcano , fault (geology) , scaling , crust , seismic moment , geometry , physics , geophysics , mathematics , classical mechanics
The dependence of the summed moment release on the fault dimension differs between non‐creeping faults and creeping faults or volcanic regions. This can be attributed to different earthquake scaling laws. The number N of events with fault length L scales for non‐creeping faults as N(L' ∼ L −2 and for creeping faults as N(L' ∼ L −3 . This difference offers a means for mapping the distribution of creep in the seismogenic crust.