Physical modeling of the formation and evolution of seismically active fault zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 57-81

  Ponomarev, A V ^a   Zavyalov, A D ^a   Smirnov, V B ^b   Lockner, D A ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Earthquake; Failure; Fractal structure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; EARTHQUAKE; FAILURE; FAULT; FRACTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031404459     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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