A distribution-free analysis of magnitude-intensity relationships: An application to the Mediterranean region

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 517-521

  D'Amico, Vera ^a   Albarello, D ^a   Mantovani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMICITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032882738     PISSN: 14641895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1895(99)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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