Fault branching and rupture directivity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Fliss, Sonia ^a   Bhat, Harsha S ^b   Dmowska, Renata ^b   Rice, James R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; RUPTURE;

EID: 24644497610     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003368     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Andrews, D. J. (1976), Rupture velocity of plane strain shear cracks, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 5679-5687.
2. Andrews, D. J. (1985), Dynamic plane-strain shear rupture with a slip-weakening friction law calculated by a boundary integral method, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 75, 1-21.
3. Aochi, H., and E. Fukuyama (2002), Three-dimensional nonplanar simulation of the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B2), 2035, doi:10.1029/2000JB000061.
4. Bouchon, M., and D. Streiff (1997), Propagation of a shear crack on a nonplanar fault: A method of calculation, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 87, 61-66.
5. Cochard, A., and R. Madariaga (1994), Dynamic faulting under rate-dependent friction, Pure Appl. Geophys., 142, 419-445.
6. Das, S., and K. Aki (1977), A numerical study of two-dimensional spontaneous rupture propagation, Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 50, 643-668.
7. Das, S., and B. V. Kostrov (1987), On the numerical boundary integral equation method for three-dimensional dynamic shear crack models, J. Appl. Mech., 54, 99-104.
8. Dmowska, R., J. R. Rice, and N. Kame (2002), Fault branching and rupture directivity, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NG21B0939.
9. Felzer, K. R., and G. C. Beroza (1999), Deep structure of a fault discontinuity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2121-2124.
10. Fossum, A. F., and L. B. Freund (1975), Nonuniformly moving shear crack model of a shallow focus earthquake mechanism, J. Geophys. Res, 80, 3343-3347.
11. Geubelle, P. H., and J. R. Rice (1995), A spectral method for three-dimensional elastodynamic fracture problems, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 43, 1791-1824.
12. Hardebeck, J. L., and E. Hauksson (2001), Crustal stress field in southern California and its implications for fault mechanics, J Geophys. Res., 106, 21,859-21,882.
13. Harris, R. A., and S. M. Day (1993), Dynamics of fault interaction: Parallel strike-slip faults, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 4461-4472.
14. Harris, R. A., and S. M. Day (1999), Dynamic 3D simulations of earthquakes on en echelon faults, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2089-2092.
15. Harris, R. A., R. J. Archuleta, and S. M. Day (1991), Fault steps and the dynamic rupture process: 2-D numerical simulations of a spontaneously propagating shear fracture, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 893-896.
16. Harris, R. A., J. F. Dolan, R. Hartleb, and S. M. Day (2002), The 1999 Izmit, Turkey, earthquake: A 3D dynamic stress transfer model of intraearthquake triggering, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 245-255.
17. w 7.1 Hector Mine, California earthquake sequence: Complex conjugate strike-slip faulting, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 1154-1170.
18. Ida, Y. (1972), Cohesive force accross the tip of a longitudinal-shear crack and Griffith's specific surface energy, J. Geophys. Res., 77, 3796-3805.
19. Kame, N., and T. Yamashita (1999), Simulation of the spontaneous growth of a dynamic crack without constraints on the crack tip path, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 345-358.
20. Kame, N., J. R. Rice, and R. Dmowska (2003), Effects of pre-stress state and rupture velocity on dynamic fault branching, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B5), 2265, doi:10.1029/2002JB002189.
21. Kase, Y., and K. Kuge (1998), Numerical simulation of spontaneous rupture processes on two non-coplanar faults: The effect of geometry on fault interaction, Geophys. J. Int., 135, 911-922.
22. Kase, Y., and K. Kuge (2001), Rupture propagation beyond fault discontinuities: significance of fault strike and location, Geophys. J. Int., 147, 330-341
23. Koller, M., M. Bonnet, and R. Madariaga (1992), Modelling of dynamical crack propagation using regularized time-domain boundary integral equation, Wave Motion, 16, 339-366.
24. Lawn, B. R., and T. R. Wilshaw (1993), Fracture of Brittle Solids, 2nd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
25. Li, Y-G., K. Aki, D. Adams, and A. Hasemi (1994), Seismic guided waves trapped in the fault zone of the Landers, California, earthquake of 1992, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 11,705-11,722.
26. Li, Y.-G., J. E. Vidale, S. M. Day, and D. D. Oglesby (2002), Study of the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine, California, earthquake fault plane by trapped waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 1318-1332.
27. Nakata, T., K. Shimazaki, Y. Suzuki, and E. Tsukuda (1998), Fault branching and directivity of rupture propagation (in Japanese), J. Geogr., 107, 512-528.
28. Oglesby, D. D., S. M. Day, Y.-G. Li, and J. E. Vidale (2003a), The 1999 Hector Mine earthquake: The dynamics of a branched fault system, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 93(6), 2459-2476.
29. Oglesby, D. D., S. M. Day, and D. R. H. O'Connell (2003b), The dynamic and static interaction of two thrust faults: A case study with general implications, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B10), 2489, doi:10.1029/ 2002JB002228.
30. Olsen, K., R. Madariaga, and R. Archuleta (1997), Three dimensional dynamic simulation of the 1992 Landers earthquake, Science, 278, 834-838.
31. Palmer, A. C., and J. R. Rice (1973), The growth of slip surfaces in the progressive failure of over-consolidated clay, Proc. R. Soc. London., Ser. A, 332, 527-548.
32. Peyrat, S., K. Olsen, and R. Madariaga (2001), Dynamic modeling of the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 106(B11), 26,467-26,482.
33. Poliakov, A. N. B., R. Dmowska, and J. R. Rice (2002), Dynamic shear rupture interactions with fault bends and off-axis secondary faulting, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B11), 2295, doi:10.1029/2001JB000572.
34. Rice, J. R. (1968), Mathematical analysis in the mechanics of fracture, in Fracture, an Advanced Treatise, vol. II, edited by H. Liebowitz, pp. 191-311, Elsevier, New York.
35. Rice, J. R. (1980), The mechanics of earthquake rupture, in Physics of Earth's Interior, edited by A. M. Dzieswonski, and E. Boschi, Proc. Int. Sch. Phys. Enrico Fermi, 78, 555-649.
36. Rockwell, T. K., S. Lindvall, M. Herzberg, D. Murbach, T. Dawson, and G. Berger (2000), Paleoseismology of the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo, and Homestead Valley faults: Clustering of earthquakes in the eastern California shear zone, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 90, 1200-1236.
37. Rousseau, C.-E., and A. J. Rosakis (2003), On the influence of fault bends on the growth of sub-Rayleigh and intersonic dynamic shear ruptures, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B9), 2411, doi:10.1029/ 2002JB002310.
38. Sowers, J. M., J. R. Unruh, W. R. Lettis, and T. D. Rubin (1994), Relationship of the Kickapoo fault to the Jonhson Valley and Homestead Valley Faults, San Bernadino County, California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 84, 528-536.
39. Spotila, J. A., and K. E. Sieh (1995), Geological investigations of a "slip gap" in the surficial ruptures of the 1992 Landers earthquake, southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 543-559.
40. Tada, T., and T. Yamashita (1997), Non hypersingular boundary integral equations for two dimensional non-planar crack analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 130, 269-282.
41. Yamashita, T., and E. Fukuyama (1996), Apparent critical slip displacement caused by the existence of a fault zone, Geophy. J. Int., 125, 459-472.
42. Yamashita, T., and Y. Umeda (1994), Earthquake rupture complexity due to dynamic nucleation and interaction of subsidiary faults, Pure Appl. Geophys., 143, 89-116.
43. Zachariasen, J., and K. Sieh (1995), The transfer of slip between two en echelon strike-slip faults: A case study from the 1992 Landers earthquake, southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 15,281-15,302.