Classification of seismic patterns in a hierarchical model of rupture: A new phase diagram for seismicity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 710-722

  Narteau, Clément ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Earthquakes; Faulting; Fractals; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; STOCHASTICITY; STRESS;

EID: 33846671429     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03212.x     Document Type: Article

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