Seismic radiation from dynamic coalescence, and the reconstruction of dynamic source parameters on a planar fault

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 696-706

  Kame, Nobuki ^a   Uchida, Koji ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNISYS LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ELASTODYNAMICS; FAULTING; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SLIP RATE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS FIELD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 48249096443     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03849.x     Document Type: Article

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