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A plausible explanation of the b-value in the Gutenberg-Richter law from first Principles

It is explained, from first Principles, why in the Gutenberg-Richter law (stating that the cumulative number of earthquakes N(>M) with magnitude greater than M is given by N(>M) ~ 10(−b)(M)) the so called b-value is usually found to be around unity varying only slightly from region to region....

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Autores principales: Varotsos, Panayiotis A., Sarlis, Nicholas V., Skordas, Efthimios S., Tanaka, Haruo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Academy 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147673/