Long-term seismic behavior of the focal and adjacent regions of great earthquakes during the time between two successive shocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 8203-8216

  Pérez, Omar J ^a   Scholz, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030760481     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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