Special section - Assessment of schemes for earthquake prediction: Are earthquakes predictable?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-525

  Kagan, Yan Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Fractals; Seismicity; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031415389     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1997.tb06595.x     Document Type: Article

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