On scaling of earthquake faults

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 758-766

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a   Ou, San San ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; SCALING;

EID: 0345698734     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/bssa0880030758     Document Type: Article

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