Dynamic transfer of rupture across differently oriented segments in a complex 3-D fault system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Aochi, Hideo ^a,b   Scotti, Oona ^a   Berge Thierry, Catherine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; GRAPHIC METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD (BIEM); COMPLEX 3-D FAULT SYSTEM; DYNAMIC RUPTURE SIMULATION; FAULT SEGMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PROPAGATION;

EID: 29344475234     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024158     Document Type: Article

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