Fractal properties of seismicity in regions affected by large, shallow earthquakes in western Japan: Implications for fault formation processes based on a binary fractal fracture network model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Nakaya, Shinji ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 17044382595     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003097     Document Type: Article

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