Is the seismic moment-frequency relation universal?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 193-198

  Godano, C ^a   Pingue, F ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Scaling laws; Universality classes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EID: 0033948217     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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