Fault on-off versus strain rate and earthquakes energy

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-276

  Doglioni, C ^a,c   Barba, S ^b   Carminati, E ^a,c   Riguzzi, F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Earthquake energy; Earthquake generation model; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925447161     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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