Simulation study of the two-dimensional Burridge-Knopoff model of earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Mori, Takahiro ^a   Kawamura, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 50649110016     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005219     Document Type: Article

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