Characteristics scales of earthquake rupture from numerical models

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 573-584

  Heimpel, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0347542515     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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