Towards a universal rule on the recurrence interval scaling of repeating earthquakes?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Kate Huihsuan ^a   Nadeau, Robert M ^b   Rau, Ruey Juin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; SCALING LAWS; TECTONICS;

FAULT ZONES; RECURRENCE INTERVAL SCALING; UNIVERSAL RULE;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT ZONE; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948980765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030554     Document Type: Article

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