Impact of the receiver fault distribution on aftershock activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Hainzl, S ^a   Zoller G ^b   Wang, R ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAULT SLIP; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIP RATE; STRESS CHANGE;

EID: 77956462379     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006224     Document Type: Article

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