Free surface effects on the propagation of dynamic rupture

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-128

  Nielsen, Stefan B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; SEISMIC WAVES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

DYNAMIC RUPTURE; FAULT FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; FREE SURFACE EFFECTS; RUPTURE RADIATED STRESS; STRESS FLUCTUATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

FAULT RUPTURE; RUPTURE MECHANISM;

EID: 0031859559     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03445     Document Type: Article

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