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Characteristics of earthquake ruptures and dynamic off-fault deformation on propagating faults
Simon Preuss
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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Geophysics, Department of Earth sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Jean Paul Ampuero
Géoazur Laboratory, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement – Université Côte d'Azur, Campus Azur du CNRS, 06560 Valbonne, France
Taras Gerya
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Geophysics, Department of Earth sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Ylona van Dinther
Tectonics, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 4, 3584 CB, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
In this paper, we present newly developed numerical models to simulate episodic growth of geological faults.
This growth of faults occurs during the seismic cycle, with spontaneously generated primary and secondary fault structures. With these models we are able to show the evolution of complex fault geometries. Additionally, we can quantify the impact of earthquakes on fault growth.
In this paper, we present newly developed numerical models to simulate episodic growth of...
