Slip tapers at the tips of faults and earthquake ruptures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a   Lawler, Theresa M ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

7209 Seismology: Earthquake dynamics and mechanics; 7215 Seismology: Earthquake parameters; 8010 Structural Geology: Fractures and faults; 8020 Structural Geology: Mechanics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; CRACK TIPS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURES; INELASTIC DEFORMATIONS; NON-INTERACTING FAULTS; SLIP GRADIENTS;

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS MODEL; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; NON-INTERACTING FAULTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SCALE INVARIANT; SLIP GRADIENTS; STRESS DROP;

EID: 13244262902     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021030     Document Type: Article

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