Energetics of normal earthquakes on dip-slip faults

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-282

  Dempsey, David ^a   Ellis, Susan ^b   Archer, Rosalind ^a   Rowland, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DIP-SLIP FAULTS; ELASTIC EXPANSION; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY FLOW; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT BLOCKS; FAULT SCARP; FRICTIONAL CONTACT; FRICTIONAL HEATING; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEISMIC ENERGY; SINGLE FAULT; STRESS DROP; TECTONIC FORCING; TOTAL ENERGY; UPPER CRUST;

BUDGET CONTROL; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; STRAIN ENERGY;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRAIN;

EID: 84858122446     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32643.1     Document Type: Article

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