The hierarchical rupture process of a fault: An experimental study

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 213-228

  Lei, Xinglin ^a,b   Kusunose, Kinichiro ^a   Satoh, Takashi ^a   Nishizawa, Osamu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Asperity; b value; Barrier; Fault nucleation; Microcracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MICROCRACK; NUCLEATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0038268043     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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