Effects of mesoscopic-scale fault structure on dynamic earthquake ruptures: Dynamic formation of geometrical complexity of earthquake faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Ando, Ryosuke ^a,b   Yamashita, Teruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; MODELING; NUCLEATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36049024965     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004612     Document Type: Article

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