Fault Zone (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Fault Zone

Caption

This study shows that the plate interface is a patchwork of areas differing in their frictional properties: areas with seismic, or unstable, slip (dark gray patches) and areas with aseismic, or stable, slip (light gray patches).

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Caltech Tectonics Observatory

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