Forecasting b-values for seismic events

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 545-555

  Cao, Liangyue ^a   Fang, Haiping ^a   Li, Quanlin ^b   Chen, Jinbiao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 0030094147     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127496000242     Document Type: Article

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