Seismic cycles and the evolution of stress correlation in cellular automaton models of finite fault networks

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 155, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 307-334

  Sammis, Charles G ^a   Smith, Stewart W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automation; Critical point; Fractals; Regional seismicity; Seismic cycle

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0032736030     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050267     Document Type: Article

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