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Science 26 August 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3739, pp. 990 - 992
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3739.990
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Stick-Slip as a Mechanism for Earthquakes

W. F. Brace 1 and J. D. Byerlee 1

1 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Stick-slip often accompanies frictional sliding in laboratory experi ments with geologic materials. Shallow focus earthquakes may represent stick slip during sliding along old or newly formed faults in the earth In such a situation, observed stress drops repre sent release of a small fraction of the stress supported by the rock surround ing the earthquake focus.


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