Stress drops and radiated energies of aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Mori, Jim ^a   Abercrombie, Rachel E ^b   Kanamori, Hiroo ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; California; Northridge; Source parameters; Stress energy

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHRIDGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642382109     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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