Earthquake frequency and moment magnitude relations for mainshocks, foreshocks and aftershocks: Theoretical b values

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Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Ikeya, Motoji ^a   Huang, Qinghua ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0031215206     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1997/v20i3/006     Document Type: Article

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