Dynamic 3D simulations of earthquakes on en echelon faults

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2089-2092

  Harris, Ruth A ^a   Day, Steven M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE SIZE; FAULT GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SIZE DIFFERENCE; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES; TRANSFER FAULTS; EN ECHELON FAULTS;

FAULTING; SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY;

EID: 0032720846     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900377     Document Type: Article

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