Determination of the friction law parameters of the Mw 6.7 Michilla earthquake in northern Chile by dynamic inversion

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Ruiz, Sergio ^a,b   Madariaga, Raul ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRIBOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK DISTRIBUTIONS; APPLIED STRESS; DYNAMIC INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRICTION LAWS; FRICTION MODELS; FRICTION PARAMETERS; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; INITIAL STRESS; LOW FREQUENCY; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NEAR FIELDS; NEIGHBOURHOOD ALGORITHMS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; NORTHERN CHILE; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; RELATIVE ERRORS; RUPTURE AREAS; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRONG MOTION DATUM;

FRICTION;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRICTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOGRAM; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION;

CHILE;

EID: 79956341480     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047147     Document Type: Article

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