An inhomogeneous self-organized critical model for earthquakes

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Elgazzar, A S ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Earthquake modeling; Inhomogeneous self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AFTERSHOCKS; GUTENBERG RICHTER'S LAW; HYPOCENTERS DISTRIBUTION; INHOMOGENEOUS SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0346856669     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00574-8     Document Type: Article

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