Comparison of average stress drop measures for ruptures with heterogeneous stress change and implications for earthquake physics

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1691-1712

  Noda, Hiroyuki ^a   Lapusta, Nadia ^a,b   Kanamori, Hiroo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Fractures and faults

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS AND MECHANICS OF FAULTING; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE PHYSICS; ENERGY PARTITIONING; FRACTURES AND FAULTS; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

DROPS; EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; FRACTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLIP; STRESS CHANGE;

EID: 84878307128     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt074     Document Type: Article

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