Effects induced by an earthquake on its fault plane: A boundary element study

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-56

  Bonafede, Maurizio ^a   Neri, Andrea ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Fisica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faults; Models; Stress

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE; STRESS;

EID: 0034105604     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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