Selectivity of spontaneous rupture propagation on a branched fault
- 15 November 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 27 (22) , 3635-3638
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2000gl011560
Abstract
We simulated spontaneous dynamic rupture propagation on a branched fault system using the boundary integral equation method (BIEM) in 3D homogeneous, unbounded elastic medium. From the numerical experiments, we found that slightly heterogeneous preload stress field on the branches caused selective rupture propagation. Dynamic rupture propagation spontaneously on both branches requires very delicate conditions for the initial stress field as well as for the fracture criterion on them.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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