Spectral scaling of the aftershocks of the Tocopilla 2007 earthquake in northern Chile

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 469-480

  Lancieri, M ^a,b   Madariaga, R ^a   Bonilla, F ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake source observations

Indexed keywords

APPARENT STRESS; CIRCULAR CRACKS; CORNER FREQUENCY; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SIZE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; FINITE BANDWIDTH; FOCAL MECHANISM; GRAPHICAL APPROACH; HIGH FREQUENCY; MAIN SHOCK; NEAR-FIELD; NORTHERN CHILE; NORTHRIDGE; RADIATED ENERGIES; REVERSE FAULTING; SCALE INVARIANCE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SPECTRUM; SELF-SIMILAR; SINGLE PARAMETER; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL DECAY; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STRONG MOTION; VELOCITY SPECTRUM; WAVE FORMS;

WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION;

CHILE;

EID: 84858619541     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05327.x     Document Type: Article

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