Size-frequency distribution of earthquakes in hierarchically organized load-transfer models

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 207-211

  Gomez J B ^a   Pacheco, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT;

EID: 0031393656     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-4-207-1997     Document Type: Article

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