Post-earthquake relaxation using a spectral element method: 2.5-D case

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 308-326

  Pollitz, F F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Numerical solutions; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POLES;

CORRESPONDENCE PRINCIPLE; INVERSE LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MECHANICS , THEORY , AND MODELLING; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; QUASI-STATIC DEFORMATION; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84905913740     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu114     Document Type: Article

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