Statistical properties of seismicity of fault zones at different evolutionary stages

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 515-533

  Hillers, Gregor ^a,c   Mai, P M ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^b   Ampuero, J P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Dynamics; Earthquakes; Fault model; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; ELASTICITY; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMICITY; SIMULATION; STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34247192164     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03275.x     Document Type: Article

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