Are aftershocks of large California earthquakes diffusing?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Helmstetter, Agnès ^a   Ouillon, Guy ^a,b   Sornette, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Diffusion; ETAS; Hurst exponent; Triggered seismicity

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; STRESS CHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442315645     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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