Dependence of earthquake stress drop on critical slip-weakening distance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kato, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ZONE; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855467260     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008359     Document Type: Article

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