Disaggregation bands as an indicator for slow creep activity on blind faults

Christian Brandes; David C. Tanner; Haakon Fossen; Matthias Halisch; Katharina Müller

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00423-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2022)

Disaggregation bands as an indicator for slow creep activity on blind faults

Christian Brandes,
David C. Tanner,
Haakon Fossen,
Matthias Halisch,
Katharina Müller

Affiliations

Christian Brandes: Institut für Geologie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
David C. Tanner: Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG)
Haakon Fossen: Natural History Collections, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
Matthias Halisch: Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG)
Katharina Müller: Institut für Geologie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00423-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Disaggregation bands can be formed by slow-slip and creep behaviour which could allow them to be used to identify activity on blind faults and aid seismic hazard assessment, according to analogue sandbox experiments and observations of natural structures

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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