Coulomb stress change sensitivity due to variability in mainshock source models and receiving fault parameters: A case study of the 2010-2011 Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquakes

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 800-814

  Zhan, Zhongwen ^a,b   Jin, Bikai ^c   Wei, Shengji ^a   Graves, Robert W ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS CHANGE;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 80755142991     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.800     Document Type: Article

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