Scale dependence in the dynamics of earthquake propagation: Evidence from seismological and geological observations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Cocco, Massimo ^a   Tinti, Elisa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dynamic fault weakening; earthquake energy budget; earthquake mechanics; fault friction; fracture energy

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN STRESS; COMPLEX STRUCTURES; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DYNAMIC FAULT WEAKENING; EARTHQUAKE ENERGY; EARTHQUAKE ENERGY BUDGET; EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURES; FAULT FRICTION; FAULT STRUCTURES; FAULT ZONES; FINITE THICKNESS; FREQUENCY BANDWIDTHS; INTERNAL VARIABLES; LOWER BOUNDS; MACROSCOPIC SCALES; MICRO SCALES; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SHEAR TRACTION; SURFACE ENERGIES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTROL THEORY; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRICTION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TRACTION (FRICTION); WASTEWATER;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 49149086745     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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