Application of pattern recognition techniques to long-term earthquake prediction in central Costa Rica

Engineering Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 7-18

  Colombo, D ^a   Gitis, V ^b   De Franco, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Long term earthquake prediction; Pattern recognition techniques

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES;

LONG-TERM PREDICTION;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0031279379     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(97)81911-4     Document Type: Article

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