Open AccessLove's problem
Author(s) -
Becker Janet M.,
Bevis Michael
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2003.02150.x
Subject(s) - geology , inverse theory , seismology , geophysics , oceanography , deformation (meteorology)
SUMMARY Explicit expressions for the displacements generated in a non‐gravitating, homogeneous, semi‐infinite half‐space by uniform surface pressure applied over a rectangular region are presented. These complement expressions for the associated stress field given by Love in 1929.