Quasi-Static Strain and Stress Fields due to a Moment Tensor in Elastic–Viscoelastic Layered Half-Space

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1669-1693

  Hashima, Akinori ^a   Fukahata, Yukitoshi ^b   Hashimoto, Chihiro ^c   Matsu’ura, Mitsuhiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

moment tensor; the 2011 Tohoku oki earthquake; transient strain and stress fields; Viscoelastic deformation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS; GEOMETRY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSORS; VISCOELASTICITY;

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; CORRESPONDENCE PRINCIPLE; LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; MOMENT TENSORS; TRANSIENT STRAIN; VISCO ELASTIC HALF SPACES; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL; VISCOELASTIC DEFORMATION;

SHEAR STRAIN;

CRACK; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAULT ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOMENT TENSOR; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRESS FIELD; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84908093612     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0728-0     Document Type: Article

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