Role of initial stress rotations in rupture dynamics and ground motion: A case study with implications for the Wenchuan earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Duan, Benchun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOTION; RUPTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77952246378     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006750     Document Type: Article

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