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Seismic Gaps

Seismic Gaps is a geophysical construct that refers to segments along active fault zones characterized by a prolonged absence of seismic activity relative to adjacent regions, thereby indicating potential locations for future significant earthquakes.

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Seismic gaps and plate tectonics: Seismic potential for major boundaries

William R. McCann, Stuart P. Nishenko, Lynn R. Sykes et al. · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 1979 · 438 citations

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Great earthquakes, seismicity gaps and potential for earthquake disaster along the Himalaya plate boundary

K. N. Khattri · Tectonophysics · 1987 · 357 citations

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Earthquakes in India and the Himalaya: tectonics, geodesy and history

Roger Bilham · Annals of Geophysics · 2004 · 349 citations · Full text

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Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran

Richard C. Quittmeyer, Klaus Jacob · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1979 · 296 citations

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Wide band-gap seismic metastructures

Sebastian Krödel, N. Thomé, Chiara Daraio · Extreme Mechanics Letters · 2015 · 290 citations

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Authors

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  1. LR
    Lynn R. Sykes

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    4 publications · 789 citations

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  2. MW
    Max Wyss

    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, United States

    4 publications · 116 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert Jankowski

    Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland

    4 publications · 63 citations

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  4. SP
    Stuart P. Nishenko

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    4 publications · 541 citations

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  5. HK
    Hiroo Kanamori

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 284 citations

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Institutions

213

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    736 citations

  2. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    2.7K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

    Roorkee, India

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    844 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 16 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    15 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 14 publications · 1K citations

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  4. Pure and Applied Geophysics

    PAGEOPH · 8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Tectonophysics

    7 publications · 680 citations

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