ON FACTORS INFLUENCING B VALUE
An Weiping 1) ; and Qin Changyuan 2 )
1)Earthquake Administration of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 0300212)School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Abstract The b value is an important index in seismology. Misuse and mis-explanation of the b value will usually lead to a wrong conclusion. Therefore, special care must be taken in calculating the b value. Different factors (magnitude scale; Lmodel and Wmodel; magnitude range; separation of the small, moderate and large earthquake and the tectonic background, etc) which influence the b value, are studied. The main purpose of this paper is to provide reader a clear idea in correctly using the b value.
Key words :
the b value
magnitude scale
L-model and W-model
magnitude range
separation of the small
doderate and large earthquake
Received: 01 January 1900
Corresponding Authors:
An Weiping
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