Quasi-static and quasi-dynamic modeling of earthquake failure at intermediate scales

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 2103-2118

  Zöller, Gert ^a   Holschneider, Matthias ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic properties; Earthquakes; Fault models; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; STATIC RESPONSE;

EID: 4444248816     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2551-0     Document Type: Article

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