Generalizations of power-law distributions applicable to sampled fault-trace lengths: Model choice, parameter estimation and caveats

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-372

  Clark, R M ^a   Cox, S J D ^b   Laslett, G M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

B value; Fault models; Faulting; Fractals; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032909297     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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