Geomechanical modeling of the nucleation process of Australia's 1989 M5.6 Newcastle earthquake

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 547-553

  Klose, Christian D ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake mechanics; earthquake prediction; geomechanics; human natural coupled system; mining; rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

CRUST; FAULT; GEOMECHANICS; SEISMICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; MINING; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

COAL MINING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GEOMECHANICS; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; NUCLEATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SHEAR STRESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEWCASTLE [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 34047112824     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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