A slip tendency analysis to test mechanical and structural control on aftershock rupture planes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 402-413

  Collettini, Cristiano ^a   Trippetta, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aftershocks; normal faults; reactivation; reverse faults

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCKS; FAULT REACTIVATION; NORMAL FAULTS; REVERSE FAULTS; SLIP TENDENCY ANALYSIS;

FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NORMAL FAULT; REVERSE FAULT; SLIP; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ASIA; COLFIORITO; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; ITALY; PERUGIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAIWAN; UMBRIA;

EID: 33847259293     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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