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Science 19 January 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4070, pp. 278 - 280
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4070.278
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Source Parameters for Stick-Slip and for Earthquakes

Tracy Johnson 1, Francis T. Wu 2, and Christopher H. Scholz 3

1 Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964
2 Department of Geology, State University of New York, Binghamton
3 Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory

Source parameters of stick-slip friction events measured in the laboratory show particle and rupture propagation velocities which are similar to those observed for earthquakes and inferred from seismic source theory. This dynamic similarity strongly supports the idea that stick-slip is the mechanism for shallow earthquakes.


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