Dynamic rupture on a planar fault in three-dimensional half space - I. Theory

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 633-652

  Zhang, Haiming ^a   Chen, Xiaofei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary integral equation; Green's function; Half space; Planar fault; Seismic source dynamics; Spontaneous rupture propagation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GREEN FUNCTION;

EID: 33645979007     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02887.x     Document Type: Article

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