Abstract:<p>Mechanical models of slip development on geological faults and basal slip development in landslide or ice-sheets generally consider interfacial strength to be frictional and deformation of the surrounding medium to be elastic. The frictional strength is usually considered as sliding rate- and state-dependent. Their combination, elastic deformation due to differential slip and rate-state frictional strength, leads to nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) that govern the spatio-tempora… Show more
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