Onset of power law aftershock decay rates in southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Narteau, C ^a   Shebalin, P ^b   Holschneider, M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS;

AFTERSHOCK DECAY RATE; AFTERSHOCKS; CALIFORNIA; POWER LAW DECAY; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744473680     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023951     Document Type: Article

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