Static stress transfer and earthquake triggering: No lower threshold in sight?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13631-13642

  Ziv, Alon ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; STRESS;

EID: 0034631199     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900081     Document Type: Article

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