Two-dimensional numerical modeling suggests preferred geometry of intersecting seismogenic faults

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 87-99

  Gangopadhyay, Abhijit ^a,b   Talwani, Pradeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Charleston; Fault geometry; Intersecting faults; New Madrid; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS;

CHARLESTON; FAULT GEOMETRY; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS; NEW MADRID; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD;

FAULTING;

DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR STRESS;

CHARLESTON; MISSOURI; NEW MADRID; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749101503     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(07)     Document Type: Article

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