Figure 5From: The effect of heterogeneous crust on earthquakes: a case study of the 2004 Chuetsu, Japan earthquakeThe systems A, B, and C. (a) Stress system for a thrust earthquake. (b) The system C is decomposed into B and C. (c) System A’ is equivalent to system A, where σ x (y, z) is a solution of system A on the boundaries.Back to article page