Heterogeneity in a self-organized critical earthquake model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 383-386

  Steacy, Sandra J ^a   McCloskey, John ^a   Bean, Christopher J ^b   Ren, Jinwei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATION; CRITICALITY; EARTHQUAKE; HETEROGENEITY; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029729210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00257     Document Type: Article

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