A Poisson model for identifying characteristic size effects in frequency data: Application to frequency-size distributions for global earthquakes, "starquakes", and fault lengths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13473-13484

  Leonard, Thomas ^a   Papasouliotis, Orestis ^a   Main, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 0034898889     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900429     Document Type: Article

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