Three-dimensional dynamic rupture simulation with a high-order discontinuous Galerkin method on unstructured tetrahedral meshes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pelties, Christian ^a   De La Puente, Josep ^b   Ampuero, Jean Paul ^c   Brietzke, Gilbert B ^d   Käser, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e Geo Risks Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; GALERKIN METHOD; GEODETIC DATUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84857407874     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008857     Document Type: Article

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