Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of subfault
We present an approach to defining a probability distribution based on subdividing the fault geometry into many subfaults and prescribing a desired covariance matrix relating slip on one subfault to slip on any other subfault.
2016, Randall J. LeVeque, Knut Waagan, Frank I. González, Donsub Rim, Guang Lin, “Generating Random Earthquake Events for PTHA”, in arXiv
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