Earthquake size distribution: Power-law with exponent β≡1/2?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 103-114

  Kagan, Yan Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D random rotation; Corner moment; Earthquake depth distribution; Gutenberg Richter relation; Scalar and tensor seismic moment; Seismic tremors; Tapered Pareto distribution; Transition from brittle to plastic deformation; Universality of earthquake size distribution

Indexed keywords

3-D RANDOM ROTATION; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; EARTHQUAKE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC TREMOR; TAPERED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; UNIVERSALITY OF EARTHQUAKE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRITTLENESS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; RANDOM ERRORS; ROTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; MICROTREMOR; MOMENT TENSOR; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954027785     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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