A condition for super-shear rupture propagation in a heterogeneous stress field

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2047-2056

  Fukuyama, E ^a   Olsen, K B ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral equation method; In plain crack; Rupture velocity; Super shear rupture

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRESS FIELD; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036687548     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-002-8722-y     Document Type: Article

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