Temporal and three-dimensional spatial analyses of the frequency-magnitude distribution near Long Valley Caldera, California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 409-421

  Wiemer, Stefan ^a   McNutt, Stephen R ^b   Wyss, Max ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MAGMA BODY; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC STRUCTURE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LONG VALLEY;

EID: 0031712699     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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