Further seismic properties of a spring-block earthquake model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 410-418

  Angulo Brown, F ^a   Munoz Diosdado A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

b values; Cellular automaton; Earthquakes; Faulting

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; MODELING;

EID: 0033378360     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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