Stress-forecasting: A viable alternative to earthquake prediction in a dynamic earth

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-133

  Crampin, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic poro elasticity; Cracks; Fracture criticality; Modelling deformation; Self organised criticality; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; STRESS;

EID: 0032430741     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300007057     Document Type: Article

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