Identification of supershear transition mechanisms due to material contrast at bimaterial faults

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1169-1180

  Langer, Sebastian ^a   Olsen Kettle, Louise ^a   Weatherley, Dion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Earthquake dynamics; Numerical solutions; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BI-MATERIAL; BIMATERIAL EFFECTS; COMPLIANT MATERIALS; CRACK-LIKE; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; MATERIAL INTERFACES; NORMAL STRESS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PULSE-LIKE; SIMILAR MATERIAL; STIFFER MATERIALS; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; SUBSHEAR RUPTURE; SUPERSHEAR; SUPERSHEAR VELOCITIES; TRANSITION MECHANISM;

CRACK TIPS; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); WAVE PROPAGATION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; TENSILE STRESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84863774622     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05535.x     Document Type: Article

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