Are stress distributions along faults the signature of asperity squeeze?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Schmittbuhl, J ^a   Chambon, G ^b,e   Hansen, A ^c   Bouchon, M ^d  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DYNAMICAL STRESS FLUCTUATIONS; ELASTIC SQUEEZE; FAULT ASPERITIES;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ASPERITY; FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL METHOD; STRESS; STRESS FIELD;

ASIA; AWAJI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; NOJIMA FAULT ZONE;

EID: 33845646721     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025952     Document Type: Article

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