A new estimation of the decay of aftershock density with distance to the mainshock

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Marsan, D ^a   Lengline O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; FRICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 77956463018     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007119     Document Type: Article

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