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Rodgers et al. 2000
Rodgers, M.J., Wen, S. and Keer, L.M. (2000). Surface displacements and energy release rates for constant stress drop slip zones in joined elastic quarter spaces. Journal of Geophysical Research 105. doi: 10.1029/2000JB900146. issn: 0148-0227.

A three-dimensional quasi-static model of faulting in an elastic half-space with a horizontal change of material properties (i.e., joined elastic quarter spaces) is considered. A boundary element method is used with a stress drop slip zone approach so that the fault surface relative displacements as well as the free surface displacements are approximated in elements over their respective domains. Stress intensity factors and free surface displacements are calculated for a variety of cases to show the phenomenological behavior of faulting in such a medium. These calculations showed that the behavior could be distinguished from a uniform half-space. Slip in a stiffer material increases, while slip in a softer material decreases the energy release rate and the free surface displacements. Also, the 1989 Kalapana earthquake was located on the basis of a series of forward searches using this method and leveling data. The located depth is 8 km, which is the closer to the seismically inferred depth than that determined from other models. Finally, the energy release rate, which can be used as a fracture criterion for fracture at this depth, is calculated to be 11.1¿106 J m-2. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Geodesy and Gravity, Seismic deformations, Seismology, Earthquake dynamics and mechanics, Seismology, Earthquake parameters, Structural Geology, Fractures and faults
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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