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Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1607-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1607-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
Research article
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26 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 26 Oct 2022

Shear zone evolution and the path of earthquake rupture

Erik M. Young, Christie D. Rowe, and James D. Kirkpatrick

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Studying how earthquakes spread deep within the faults they originate from is crucial to improving our understanding of the earthquake process. We mapped preserved ancient earthquake surfaces that are now exposed in South Africa and studied their relationship with the shape and type of rocks surrounding them. We determined that these surfaces are not random and are instead associated with specific kinds of rocks and that their shape is linked to the evolution of the faults in which they occur.
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