Heterogeneity and the earthquake magnitude-frequency distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 899-902

  Steacy, Sandra J ^a   McCloskey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; STATISTICS; TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; HETEROGENEITY; POWER LAW MAGNITUDE FREQUENCY STATISTICS; CHARACTERISTIC MODEL; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; MAGNITUDE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; REGIONAL EARTHQUAKES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STRESS TRANSFER;

SEISMOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; FAULTING; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0033117595     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900135     Document Type: Article

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