Seismicity and self-organized criticality

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 275-293

  Turcotte, D L ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Criticality; Seismicity; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STATE; SEISMICITY; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033535175     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00167-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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