The Stress Accumulation Model: Accelerating Moment Release and Seismic Hazard

Advances in Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-201

  Mignan, A ^a,b  

^a RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348918749     PISSN: 00652687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2687(07)49002-1     Document Type: Review

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