The paradox of the expected time until the next earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 789-798

  Sornette, D ^a   Knopoff, L ^a  

^a NONE

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EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031452033     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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