Distinct asymmetry in rupture-induced inelastic strain across dipping faults: An off-fault yielding model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Ma, Shuo ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; ELASTIC SOLUTIONS; FAULT ZONE; FLOWER-LIKE; FREE SURFACES; GROUND MOTIONS; INELASTIC STRAIN; MATERIAL YIELDING; MOHR-COULOMB; NORMAL FAULTS; REVERSE FAULTS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

SIMULATORS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIP; ELASTICITY; FAULT ZONE; FOOTWALL; GROUND MOTION; HANGING WALL; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUPTURE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 72149121561     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040666     Document Type: Article

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