Power-law distributions of offspring and generation numbers in branching models of earthquake triggering

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1113-1134

  Saichev, A ^a,b   Helmstetter, A ^b   Sornette, D ^b,c,d  

^a LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Anomalous scaling; Branching model; Power laws; Triggered seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM;

EID: 20344387201     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2663-6     Document Type: Article

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