Mapping b-values in France using two different magnitude ranges: Possible non power-law behavior

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Beauval, Céline ^a,b   Scotti, Oona ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY;

POWER LAW;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; POWER LAW; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346216921     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017576     Document Type: Article

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