Foreshocks explained by cascades of triggered seismicity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Helmstetter, Agnés ^a   Sornette, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aftershock; ETAS; Foreshock; Inverse Omori law; Magnitude distribution; Triggering

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORESHOCK; SEISMICITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 1442266653     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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