Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 183 The Potential of b-value Variations as Earthquake Precursors for Small and Large Events

The potential of variations of b-values in the G-R relation, logN=a-bM as earthquake precursors for small events (rockbursts) in Zinkgruvan mine, Sweden and for tectonic (large) earthquakes in the ...

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