Record-breaking earthquake intervals in a global catalogue and an aftershock sequence

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Yoder, M R ^a   Turcotte, D L ^a   Rundle, J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; POISSON RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950496838     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-169-2010     Document Type: Article

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