Regional and Global Fault Slip Rates from Seismicity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1971 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature Physical Science, volume 229, pages 101-107 (issn: 0300-8746, eissn: 2058-1106,

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Authors: GEOFFREY F. DAVIES; JAMES N. BRUNE;

doi: 10.1038/physci229101a0

Regional and Global Fault Slip Rates from Seismicity

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Rates of fault slip calculated from the seismicity of the world's chief seismic regions agree well with the predictions of “rigid plate tectonics”. Global fault activity seems to have decreased fivefold in the past seventy years, indicating that earthquakes are coupled on a global scale within decades. This article also discusses the possible recurrence of a period of high activity.

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