Normal-fault stress and displacement through finite-element analysis

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1009-1016

  Megna, Antonella ^a   Barba, Salvatore ^a   Santini, Stefano ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Analytical models; Displacements; Earthquakes; Faults; Numerical models; Stress; Theoretical studies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS FIELD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33749060808     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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