Ground motion hazard from supershear rupture

Tectonophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Andrews, D J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground motion hazard; Supershear rupture

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION HAZARD; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; PEAK VELOCITIES; PLANE-STRAIN; RADIATED ENERGIES; RAYLEIGH; RUPTURE LENGTH; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; STATIC FRICTION; STRESS DROP; SUPERSHEAR; SUPERSHEAR RUPTURE; WAVE SPEED;

SHEAR WAVES; STICTION;

VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 78049286253     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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