Numerical modeling of the stressed state of the Earth's crust and conditions of dynamic instability of seismoactive faults during rifting

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2001-2010

  Djadkov, P G ^a   Nazarov, L A ^a   Nazarova, L A ^a  

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Author keywords

Baikal Rift; Dynamic instability; Earthquake nucleation; Numerical modeling; Seismically active faults; Stresses in the Earth's crust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031322469     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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