Changes in frequency-size relationship from small to large earthquakes

Nature

Volumn 355, Issue 6355, 1992, Pages 71-73

  Pacheco, Javier F ^a   Scholz, Christopher H ^a   Sykes, Lynn R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B VALUE; EARTHQUAKE; FREQUENCY/SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SELF SIMILARITY;

EID: 0026460253     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/355071a0     Document Type: Article

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