Spatial aftershock distribution: Effect of normal stress

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24453-24467

  Kagan, Yan Y ^a   Jackson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FRICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS;

EID: 0032505851     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00699     Document Type: Article

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