Spatial variations in the frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes at Mount Pinatubo volcano

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 430-438

  Sanchez J J ^a   McNutt, S R ^a   Power, J A ^b   Wyss, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Earthquake Risk Reduction   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY; VENTS;

CRACK DENSITY; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FRACTURE NETWORK; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ZAMBALES;

EID: 18344413888     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020244     Document Type: Article

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