Spontaneous complex earthquake rupture propagation

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 579-602

  Das, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex faulting; Earthquake rupture; Spontaneous rupture propagation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; RESEARCH;

EID: 0037340790     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012551     Document Type: Article

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