The largest aftershock: How strong, how far away, how delayed?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tahir, M ^a   Grasso, J R ^a   Amorse, D ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; FASTER RATES; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAINSHOCK; POWER LAW; REVERSE FAULTS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TIME INTERVAL;

EARTH SCIENCES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; POWER LAW; REVERSE FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 84857243312     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050604     Document Type: Article

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