A new finite element model in studying earthquake triggering and continuous evolution of stress field

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 994-1004

  Hu, Cai Bo ^a   Zhou, Yi Jie ^a   Cai, Yong En ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake sequence; Earthquake triggering factor; New finite element model; Regional stress field

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION THEORY; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING FACTOR; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; NEW FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; SLIP SURFACES; STRESS FIELD;

EARTHQUAKES; STRESSES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 67650904496     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0082-3     Document Type: Article

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