Effects of low-velocity fault zones on dynamic ruptures with nonelastic off-fault response

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Duan, Benchun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR WAVES;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; LOW-VELOCITY FAULT ZONE; SUPERSHEAR;

TECTONICS;

COULOMB CRITERION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOHR THEORY; S-WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 44249108821     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033171     Document Type: Article

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