On the frequency distribution of interoccurrence times of earthquakes

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-358

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a   Kuo, Chiao Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Gamma distribution; Interoccurrence time of earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000955158     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009774819512     Document Type: Article

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