Revisiting the tidal activation of seismicity with a damage mechanics and friction point of view

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 2393-2404

  Smith, Stewart W ^a   Sammis, Charles G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Tides seismicity triggering earthquake precursors

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; LOADING; TIDAL CYCLE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 6444241338     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2571-9     Document Type: Article

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