The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip

Romain Jolivet (1) , W. Frank

1 LGENS - Laboratoire de géologie de l'ENS

To first order, faults are locked while stress builds up to a devastating earthquake. However, we know that faults also slip slowly. After decades of geophysical observation, slow slip is now recognized as part of a continuum of transient deformation ranging from the dynamic propagation of seismic rupture to aseismic events over a wide range of durations and sizes. A growing body of evidence suggests that large-scale slow slip events can be decomposed into a multitude of smaller, temporally clustered events. Slow slip is more frequent and more dynamic than is suggested by conceptual models of rate-strengthening, stable slip.

Domaines: Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]

Romain Jolivet, W. Frank. The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip. AGU Advances, 2020, 1 (1), ⟨10.1029/2019AV000126⟩. ⟨hal-02944816⟩