Numerical study of splay faults in subduction zones: The effects of bimaterial interface and free surface

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Tamura, Shintaro ^a   Ide, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTODYNAMICS; FAULT PLANE; FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 80055058326     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008283     Document Type: Article

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