Dependence of the Omori-Utsu law parameters on main shock magnitude: Observations and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hainzl, S ^a   Marsan, David ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 57649188027     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005492     Document Type: Article

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