A method for multidimensional analysis of earthquake frequency-magnitude distribution with an application to the Vrancea region of Romania

Tectonophysics

Volumn 261, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 9-22

  Trifu, Cezar Ioan ^a   Shumila, Vladimir I ^a  

^a Engineering Seismology Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MAGNITUDE/FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ROMANIA, VRANCEA;

EID: 0030439393     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(96)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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