What is sigma of the stress drop?

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Cotton, Fabrice ^a   Archuleta, Ralph ^b   Causse, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS;

EID: 84872355972     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120087     Document Type: Article

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