Spatial distribution of aftershocks and the fractal structure of active fault systems

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 575-588

  Nanjo, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nagahama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fault system; Aftershock; Fractal; Fractal dimension; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034115118     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8430-3_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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