Size distributions for large and small earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1074-1077

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; SCALING;

EID: 0031414863     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/bssa0870041074     Document Type: Article

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