Linearity of the earthquake recurrence curve to M < - 1 from Little Skull Mountain aftershocks in Southern Nevada

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2493-2501

  von Seggern, D H ^a   Brune, J N ^a   Smith, K D ^a   Aburto, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

AFTERSHOCK ZONES; EARTHQUAKE SIZE;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE;

LITTLE SKULL MOUNTAIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142293989     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030034     Document Type: Article

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