A healing-reloading feedback control on the growth rate of seismogenic faults

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1075-1087

  Cowie, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS;

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULTING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032144353     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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