Analysis of the spatial distribution between successive earthquakes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Davidsen, Jörn ^a   Paczuski, Maya ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EPICENTERS; FINITE SIZE SCALING (FSS); GUTENBERG-RICHTER (GR) LAWS;

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 17144416395     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.048501     Document Type: Article

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