Creep fronts and complexity in laboratory earthquake sequences illuminate delayed earthquake triggering

Sara Beth L. Cebry; Chun-Yu Ke; Srisharan Shreedharan; Chris Marone; David S. Kammer; Gregory C. McLaskey

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34397-0

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Creep fronts and complexity in laboratory earthquake sequences illuminate delayed earthquake triggering

Sara Beth L. Cebry,
Chun-Yu Ke,
Srisharan Shreedharan,
Chris Marone,
David S. Kammer,
Gregory C. McLaskey

Affiliations

Sara Beth L. Cebry: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Chun-Yu Ke: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Srisharan Shreedharan: Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
Chris Marone: Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
David S. Kammer: Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich
Gregory C. McLaskey: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34397-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Laboratory earthquake experiments reproduce delayed earthquake triggering, similar to aftershocks, as a result of propagating slow slip fronts. The speed of the fronts can be highly sensitive to fault stress levels left behind by previous earthquakes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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