The effect of thermal pressurization on dynamic fault branching

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1237-1246

  Urata, Yumi ^a   Hok, Śebastien ^b   Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a   Madariaga, Rául ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Fractures and faults; Mechanics, theory, and modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; DYNAMICS AND MECHANICS OF FAULTING; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; FRACTURES AND FAULTS; MECHANICS , THEORY , AND MODELLING;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; FAULTING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84892459861     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt457     Document Type: Article

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