Earthquakes as three stage processes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-108

  Mulargia, F ^a   Castellaro, S ^a   Ciccotti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coulomb failure stress; Earthquake source mechanism; Earthquake triggering; Fluid pressure; Ignition slip; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ENERGY; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3843129862     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02262.x     Document Type: Article

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