How frictional properties lead to either rupture-front focusing or cracklike behavior

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2182-2189

  Kato, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FRICTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ASPERITY RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROCESS; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRICTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 38349087860     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070037     Document Type: Article

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