Insights to slip behavior on rough faults using discrete element modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Fournier, Thomas ^a   Morgan, Julia ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP;

CLAMPING STRESS; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; ELASTIC ENERGY; LOCAL FAULTS; LOCAL STRESS; NATURAL EARTHQUAKE; NORMAL STRESS; PARTICLE ASSEMBLAGE; RUPTURE LENGTH; RUPTURE ZONE; SIMULATED EVENTS; SLIP BEHAVIOR; STICK-SLIP BEHAVIOR; STRESS DROP;

FAULT SLIPS;

DISSIPATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; FAULT SLIP; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84862852682     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051899     Document Type: Article

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