Benchmarks

Point surface load on an elastic halfspace

DEFORMATION OF EARTH BY SURFACE LOADS, Source: Reviews of geophysics and space physics [0034-6853] FARRELL, WE yr:1972 vol:10 iss:3 pg:761

Finite size surface load

Janet M. Becker and Michael Bevis, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02150.x, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 156, Issue 2, pages 171–178, February 2004 (uniform load on rectangular surface patch)

Point pressure & shear source in elastic half-space

Okada, Y., Internal deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space, Bull. seismol. Soc. Am., 82(2), 1018-1040, 1992.

VOLUME OF MAGMA ACCUMULATION OR WITHDRAWAL ESTIMATED FROM SURFACE UPLIFT OR SUBSIDENCE, WITH APPLICATION TO THE 1960 COLLAPSE OF KILAUEA VOLCANO, By: DELANEY, PT; MCTIGUE, DF, BULLETIN OF VOLCANOLOGY Volume: 56 Issue: 6-7 Pages: 417-424 Published: DEC 1994

Finite size internal load

Fialko, Y., Khazan, Y., & Simons, M. (2001). Deformation due to a pressurized horizontal circular crack in an elastic half‐space, with applications to volcano geodesy. Geophysical Journal International, 146(1), 181–190.

Hydrostatically pressurized prolate vertical spheroid embedded in an elastic half-space, Bonaccorso and Davis, Models of ground deformation from vertical volcanic conduits with application to eruptions of Mount St. Helens and Mount Etna, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH Volume: 104 Issue: B5 Pages: 10531-10542 Published: MAY 10 1999

Topography effect on surface displacements

Williams and Wadge, An accurate and efficient method for including the effects of topography in three-dimensional elastic models of ground deformation with applications to radar interferometry, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH Volume: 105 Issue: B4 Pages: 8103-8120 Published: APR 10 2000

2D elastic half-space-like solutions

Finite size internal load Verruijt, A. (1998), Deformations of an elastic half plane with a circular cavity, Int. J. Solids Struct., 35(21), 2795–2804, doi:10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00194-7.

Visco-elastic flexure

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