Dispersion of B‐values in Gutemberg‐Richter Law as a consequence of a proposed fractal nature of continental faulting
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 18 (5) , 897-900
- https://doi.org/10.1029/91gl01124
Abstract
Depending on the area in which the earthquakes are sampled, the exponent b/c of the distribution of seismic moment or energy of earthquakes fluctuates from one region to another in a range typically between 0.5 and 1. To explain this observation, we propose a general mechanism which accounts for fluctuations in the b/c‐value as being related to the variations of the fractal dimension of the set of faults on which the Gutemberg‐Richter law is measured.Keywords
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