Rare events in a log-Weibull scenario - Application to earthquake magnitude data

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-469

  Huillet, T ^a   Raynaud, H F ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

02.50. r Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics; 05.20. y Statistical mechanics; 89.90.+n Other areas of general interest to physicists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006378457     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510051027     Document Type: Article

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