The precursory earthquake swarm in New Zealand: Hypothesis tests

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 51-60

  Evison, F F ^a   Rhoades, D A ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake precursors; Earthquake prediction; Hypothesis testing; Precursory earthquake swarm

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; HYPOTHESIS TEST; POISSON MODEL; PRECURSOR EVENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0027836260     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1993.9514553     Document Type: Article

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