3D cohesive end-zone model for source scaling of strike-slip interplate earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2232-2258

  Wilkins, Scott J ^a,b   Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; YIELD STRESS;

COHESIVE END ZONE MODEL; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC RADIATION; SOURCE SCALING; STRESS DROP DISTRIBUTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 31544446885     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020106     Document Type: Article

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