Numerical simulation of elastic wave propagation in fractured rock with the boundary integral equation method

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 15933-15943

  Gu, Boliang ^a,b   Nihei, Kurt T ^b   Myer, Larry R ^b  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; ELASTIC WAVE; FRACTURED ROCK; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030513001     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00331     Document Type: Article

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