Rupture dynamics and ground motion from 3-D rough-fault simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1122-1141

  Shi, Zheqiang ^a   Day, Steven M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic rupture; fault mechanics; ground motion; high frequency radiation; numerical simulation; rough fault

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROUGHNESS; SEISMIC WAVE; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 84876901882     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50094     Document Type: Article

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