Faulting characteristics of supershear earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 244-253

  Bouchon, Michel ^a   Karabulut, Hayrullah ^b   Bouin, Marie Paule ^c   Schmittbuhl, Jean ^d   Vallée, Martin ^e   Archuleta, Ralph ^f   Das, Shamita ^g   Renard, François ^a   Marsan, David ^h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Observatoire Volcanologique de Guadeloupe   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake rupture; Fault geometry; Rupture velocity; Supershear rupture

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; SUPERSHEAR RUPTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; S-WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 78049300396     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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