Earthquake slip rise time and rupture propagation: Numerical results of the quantum earthquake model

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 567-574

  Rydelek, Paul A ^a   Sacks, I Selwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MODEL; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAULT; RISE TIME; RUPTURE; RUPTURE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030427684     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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