Constraining shear strength of fault damage zone using geodetic data and numerical simulation

• Main Authors: Li, Chenglong, Ma, Zhangfeng, Xi, Xi, Zhang, Guohong, Shan, Xinjian
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Earthquake event; Shear strength
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179670
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Shear strength of damage zone, representing the stress threshold for rupture initiation, is a critical parameter in faulting mechanics. Despite its significance, the damage-zone's shear strength has not been estimated in natural earthquake ruptures. Here we employed coseismic deformation and st...