Self-similar earthquake triggering, Båth's law, and foreshock/aftershock magnitudes: Simulations, theory, and results for southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FORESHOCK; SEISMICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862844819     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008957     Document Type: Article

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