Sacks, Selwyn and Rydelek, Paul (1995) Earthquake "Quanta" as an Explanation for Observed Magnitudes and Stress Drops. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85 (3). pp. 808-813.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
The familiar linear relation (Gutenberg-Richter) between the logarithm of the number of earthquakes and their magnitude is commonly ascribed to the distribution (fractal) of fault sizes in a self-similar process. We show that a concept of earthquake quanta whose failure is governed by simple physics and suggested by observations explains not only the Gutenberg-Richter relation but also the relatively constant stress drop for larger magnitude events. Results from computer simulation are consistent with observations from detailed seismicity studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Methodology > Method and procesing > Collective properties of seismicity > Source size distribution |
| Project: | IS-EPOS project |