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Towards a Physical Understanding of the Earthquake Frequency Distribution
Geophysical Journal International · 1973 · Vol. 31(4) · pp. 341–359
Max Wyss✉(Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
Abstract
In addition high apparent stresses and high stress-drop Δσ were found to correlate with low b- and low B-values, as they do in microfracture experiments. The combination of high average , high mean Δσ, large mean A and low b- or low B-value can be explained by high regional shear stress.
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