Areas prone to slow slip events impede earthquake rupture propagation and promote afterslip

Frederique Rolandone; Jean-Mathieu Nocquet; Patricia A. Mothes; Paul Jarrin; Martin Vallée; Nadaya Cubas; Stephen Hernandez; Morgan Plain; Sandro Vaca; Yvonne Font

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Areas prone to slow slip events impede earthquake rupture propagation and promote afterslip

Frederique Rolandone¹,²,*,
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet²,³,
Patricia A. Mothes⁴,
Paul Jarrin⁴,
Martin Vallée³,
Nadaya Cubas¹,
Stephen Hernandez⁴,
Morgan Plain⁴,
Sandro Vaca⁴ and
Yvonne Font²

¹Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, F-75005 Paris, France.
²Université Côte d’Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Valbonne, France.
³Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, Paris, France.
⁴Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: frederique.rolandone{at}upmc.fr

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Science Advances 31 Jan 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 1, eaao6596
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao6596

Frederique Rolandone

Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, F-75005 Paris, France.Université Côte d’Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Valbonne, France.

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Jean-Mathieu Nocquet

Université Côte d’Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Valbonne, France.Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, Paris, France.

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Patricia A. Mothes

Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.

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Paul Jarrin

Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.

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Martin Vallée

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, Paris, France.

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Nadaya Cubas

Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, F-75005 Paris, France.

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Stephen Hernandez

Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.

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Morgan Plain

Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.

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Sandro Vaca

Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.

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Yvonne Font

Université Côte d’Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Valbonne, France.

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