Global variations of stress drop for moderate to large earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Allmann, Bettina P ^a,b   Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 63049108411     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005821     Document Type: Article

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