Asperity model of an earthquake: Dynamic problem

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-108

  Johnson, Lane R ^a   Nadeau, Robert M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ASPERITY MODEL; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION; SLIP PULSES; STATIC MOMENTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; MODELING;

EID: 18144427151     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030093     Document Type: Review

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