Supershear Mach-waves expose the fault breakdown slip

Tectonophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 285-296

  Cruz Atienza, Víctor M ^a   Olsen, Kim B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown slip; Denali; Fault friction; Izmit earthquakes; Mach waves; Supershear rupture propagation

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN SLIP; DENALI; FAULT FRICTION; IZMIT EARTHQUAKES; MACH WAVES; SUPERSHEAR RUPTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRICTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALASKA; IZMIT; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049280917     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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