The physics of rock failure and earthquakes

The Physics of Rock Failure and Earthquakes

Volumn 9781107030060, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-270

  Ohnaka, Mitiyasu ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; NUCLEATION; STUDENTS;

DYNAMIC PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE GENERATION PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GRADUATE STUDENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84923181707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139342865     Document Type: Book

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