Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 520-541

  Kagan, Yan Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

value; Maximum (corner) seismic moment; Seismic moment frequency relation and its university; Tapered Gutenberg Richter law

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036127318     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2002.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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