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characteristic earthquake: a standalone construct

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Seismology

the idea that individual fault segments repeatedly produce earthquakes of similar size and slip.

In seismology, characteristic earthquake refers to the idea that individual fault segments repeatedly produce earthquakes of similar size and slip. This meaning comes from Schwartz (1984) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.[1]

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fault3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs size1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct slip4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Schwartz, D. P., & Coppersmith, K. J. (1984). Fault behavior and characteristic earthquakes: Examples from the Wasatch and San Andreas Fault Zones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 89(B7), 5681-5698. https://doi.org/10.1029/jb089ib07p05681

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