Theory of earthquake recurrence times

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Saichev, Alexander ^a   Sornette, Didier ^b,c  

^a LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; POWER LAW; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250720101     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004536     Document Type: Article

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