Depth dependence of constitutive law parameters for shear failure of rock at local strong areas on faults in the seismogenic crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Ohnaka, Mitiyasu ^a,b,c,d   Kato, Aitato ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GRANITE; HYDROSTATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR;

EID: 34548532947     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004260     Document Type: Article

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