Mechanics and Interpretations of Fault Slip

Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 207-215

  Martel, Stephen J ^a   Shacat, Christin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Faults (Geology); Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN ENERGY;

ELASTIC SOLUTIONS; ENERGY SINKS; FAULT EFFECT; LINEAR ELASTIC BODIES; PIECEWISE LINEAR; SLIP PROFILES; STRAIN INCOMPATIBILITY; STRESS SINGULARITIES;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84951085019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/170GM21     Document Type: Chapter

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