Nucleation process of M~2 earthquakes on the San Andreas fault predicted by rate-and-state fault models with SAFOD drill-core data

Yoshihiro Kaneko, Kyoto University, Department of Geophysics, Kyoto, Japan, Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, United States and Stefan Bjorklund Nielsen, University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom