Structure of earthquake occurrence in space, time and magnitude

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Corral, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; POWER LAW; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548757326     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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