The statistical mechanics of earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 147-164

  Rundle, John B ^a   Gross, Susanna ^a   Klein, W ^b   Ferguson, Charles ^b   Turcotte, Donald L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Driven threshold models; Earthquakes; Nucleation; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001688542     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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