Earthquakes: From chemical alteration to mechanical rupture

Physics Report

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 237-292

  Sornette, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

05.70.Ln; 91.30.Dk; 91.45.Vz

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041596779     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-1573(98)00088-x     Document Type: Article

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