Micromorphic continuum and fractal fracturing in the lithosphere

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 559-574

  Nagahama, H ^a   Teisseyre, R ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faults; Fractals; Micromorphic continuum; Rotational wave

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULTING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; MICROMECHANICS; MICROMORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0034077836     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8430-3_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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