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Earthquake dynamics and fault interactions
Institution
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Bologna
Univertsita' degli Studi di Bologna - Dipartimento di Fisica
Univertsita' degli Studi di Bologna - Dipartimento di Fisica
Language
English
Status
Published
Refereed
No
Issued date
March 1, 2003
Alternative Location
Theses type
Ph.D.
Abstract
The goal of this Ph.D. Thesis is to show and discuss implications of the main aspects of different governing laws in the description of all phases of seismogenic processes: nucleation, dynamic propagation and energy release, healing, arrest and mutual interactions between faults. This has been done by implementing or developing numerical codes and algorithms able to solve, in various dimensionalities, the fully dynamic, spontaneous problem. The next stage of the research project in which this work is inserted is to try to infer some constitutive details from real events, in order to discriminate between different models.
Type
thesis