Science. 1975 Mar 21;187(4181):1077-9. doi: 10.1126/science.187.4181.1077.
The concept of a stressed elastic lithospheric plate riding on a viscous asthenosphere is used to calculate the recurrence interval of great earthquakes at convergent plate boundaries, the separation of decoupling and lithospheric earthquakes, and the migration pattern of large earthquakes along an arc. It is proposed that plate motions accelerate after great decoupling earthquakes and that most of the observed plate motions occur during short periods of time, separated by periods of relative quiescence.
承压弹性岩石圈板块骑乘在粘性软流圈上的概念被用于计算汇聚板块边界大地震的复发间隔、解耦和岩石圈地震的分离以及沿弧的大地震迁移模式。提出了在大解耦地震后板块运动加速的观点,并且大部分观测到的板块运动发生在相对静止的短时间内。