What is Sigma of the Stress Drop?

Fabrice Cotton, Ralph J. Archuleta, Mathieu Causse

Seismological Research Letters · 2013 · 185 citations · 39 references

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Abstract

Stress drop is a fundamental parameter in the description of earthquake source-scaling properties. Whereas static stress drop provides hints on the scaling of the static parameters (such as source size or final displacement) characterizing an earthquake,

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