The present paper studies the possibility of propagation of torsional surface waves in an inhomogeneous anisotropic layer lying between two heterogeneous half-spaces (upper and lower half-space). Both the half-spaces are assumed to be under compressive initial stress. The study reveals that under the assumed conditions, a torsional surface wave propagates in the medium. The dispersion relation ...

Abstract Theoretical analyses using a rate‐ and state‐dependent friction law have shown quasistatic stable slip behaviors following velocity weakening. We estimated spatiotemporal distributions for six slow events (SSEs) off the Boso Peninsula, Japan, from Global Navigation Satellite System data plotted their shear stress variations vs. velocity, here called “trajectories.” Most trajectories ar...