Evidence for a supershear transient during the 2002 Denali fault earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 6 SUPPL. B, 2004, Pages

  Dunham, Eric M ^a   Archuleta, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; SURFACES;

ELASTODYNAMICS; GROUND MOTIONS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SUPERSHEAR VELOCITIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTODYNAMICS; FAULT PROPAGATION; SHEAR ZONE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344259458     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040616     Document Type: Article

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