Earthquake recurrence as a record breaking process

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Davidsen, Jörn ^a,b,c   Grassberger, Peter ^b,d   Paczuski, Maya ^b,e  

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

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; SEISMOLOGY;

NETWORK OF RECURRENCE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746439793     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026122     Document Type: Article

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