Three-dimensional boundary integral modeling of spontaneous earthquake sequences and aseismic slip

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Lapusta, Nadia ^a,b   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 72049100090     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005934     Document Type: Article

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