Nonlinear dynamics, granular media and dynamic earthquake triggering

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7060, 2005, Pages 871-874

  Johnson, Paul A ^a   Jia, Xiaoping ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b National Centre of Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC WAVES;

FAULT GUOGE SURROGATE; GRANULAR MEDIA; STRAIN WAVES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27144533697     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04015     Document Type: Article

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