Seismic radiation from tensile and shear point dislocations between similar and dissimilar solids

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 444-458

  Shi, Zheqiang ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Interface waves; Theoretical seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT PLANE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TENSILE STRESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70349978804     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04299.x     Document Type: Article

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