Dynamic branching, arresting of rupture and the seismic wave radiation in self-chosen crack path modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1042-1050

  Kame, Nobuki ^a   Yamashita, Teruo ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cracks; Elastodynamics; Fractures; Rupture propagation; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 0347566107     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02113.x     Document Type: Article

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