Fig. 16
From: Reconsideration of the energy balance in earthquake faulting
A shear stress–fault slip diagram showing the dynamic rupture growth path. The symbols \(\tau_{{\text{i}}}\), \(\tau_{{\text{p}}}\), \(\tau_{{\text{r}}}\), and \(\tau_{{\text{f}}}\) indicate the initial, peak, residual, and final values of the shear stress \(\tau\), respectively. The difference between the areas marked with + and − gives the radiated seismic energy \(E_{{\text{R}}}\)