Structural constraints on the spatial distribution of aftershocks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  McCloskey, John ^a   Nalbant, Süleyman S ^a   Steacy, Sandy ^a   Nostro, Concetta ^b   Scotti, Oona ^c   Baumont, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFTERSHOCK FAILURE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; POSITIVE STRESS; STATIC STRESS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; STRUCTURAL ORIENTATIONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS CHANGE;

EID: 0346152845     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017225     Document Type: Article

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