Stochastic branching models of fault surfaces and estimated fractal dimensions

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1077-1111

  Libicki, Eric ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fault structures; Fractal dimensions; Stochastic branching

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM;

EID: 20344374707     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2662-7     Document Type: Article

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