Earthquake surface slip-length data is fit by constant stress drop and is useful for seismic hazard analysis

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2 A, 2013, Pages 876-893

  Shaw, Bruce E ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT STRESS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SLIP LENGTH; SQUARE ROOTS;

ASPECT RATIO; DROPS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP; STRESS;

EID: 84875431416     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110258     Document Type: Article

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