Precarious rock evidence for low near-source accelerations for trans-tensional strike-slip earthquakes

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 229-239

  Brune, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Precarious rocks; Quasi static toppling force; Strike slip faults; Trans tensional strike slip

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; ROCK; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0037930710     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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