Homogeneity of small-scale earthquake faulting, stress, and fault strength

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1675-1688

  Hardebeck, Jeanne L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICS; STRESSES;

CRUSTAL STRESS; FAULT STRENGTH; SEISMOGENIC DEPTHS; SMALL-SCALE EARTHQUAKE FAULTING; STRESS ORIENTATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM;

EID: 33750287527     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050257     Document Type: Article

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