Modelling instantaneous dynamic triggering in a 3-D fault system: Application to the 2000 June South Iceland seismic sequence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 906-921

  Bizzarri, A ^a   Belardinelli, M E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction; Rheology and friction of fault zones; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; MODELING; SEISMOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH ICELAND SEISMIC ZONE;

EID: 43449125657     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03765.x     Document Type: Article

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