Dynamic rupture on a planar fault in three-dimensional half-space -II. Validations and numerical experiments

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 917-932

  Zhang, Haiming ^a   Chen, Xiaofei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary integral equation; Dynamicrupture; Free surface; Half space; Numerical modelling; Planar fault

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33750683345     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03102.x     Document Type: Article

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