Rupture dynamics on a bimaterial interface for dipping faults

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1642-1658

  Ma, Shuo ^a   Beroza, Gregory C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; FLUID MECHANICS; RUPTURE DISKS; SEISMOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NORMAL FAULTS; STRENGTH DROP;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GROUND MOTION; HANGING WALL; NORMAL FAULT; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 50549093877     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070201     Document Type: Article

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