Asymmetric off-fault damage generated by bilateral ruptures along a bimaterial interface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Duan, Benchun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLASTICS;

BI-MATERIAL INTERFACES; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OFF-FAULT DAMAGE; PLASTIC STRAINING; PLASTIC YIELDING; SLIP VELOCITY;

ABS RESINS;

ASYMMETRY; COULOMB CRITERION; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUPTURE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 53749091934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034797     Document Type: Article

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