Coherence of Mach fronts during heterogeneous supershear earthquake rupture propagation: Simulations and comparison with observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Bizzarri, A ^a   Dunham, Eric M ^b   Spudich, P ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTIC WAVE; GROUND MOTION; HALF SPACE; KINEMATICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 77955549140     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006819     Document Type: Article

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