Supershear and subrayleigh to supershear transition observed in laboratory earthquake experiments

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 63-66

  Xia, K ^a   Rosakis, A J ^a   Kanamori, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELASTICITY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROCESS; SUPERSHEAR EARTHQUAKES; SUPERSHEAR RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 20444443493     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2005.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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