Seismic risk in southern Europe through to India examined using Gumbel's third distribution of extreme values

Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 249-280

  Burton, Paul W ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0018705780     PISSN: 00168009     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1979.tb06766.x     Document Type: Article

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