Frictional discharge at fault asperities: Origin of fractal seismo-electromagnetic radiation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 431, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Muto, Jun ^a   Nagahama, Hiroyuki ^b   Miura, Takashi ^c   Arakawa, Ichiro ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperity; Benioff electromagnetic radiation; Damage mechanics; Fractal; Frictional discharge plasma; Seismo electromagnetic radiation

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; BENIOFF ZONE; DAMAGE MECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRICTION;

EID: 33846520443     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.045     Document Type: Article

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