Influence of material contrast on fault branching behavior

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Dedontney, Nora ^a   Rice, James R ^a,b   Dmowska, Renata ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS;

COMPLIANT MATERIALS; COMPRESSIONAL; ELASTIC CONTRAST; FAULT BRANCHING; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; MATERIAL CONFIGURATIONS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SIDE BRANCHES; STIFFER MATERIALS; STRESS STATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; RUPTURE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 79960822288     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047849     Document Type: Article

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