Statistical models of the seismicity of the Vrancea region, Romania

Natural Hazards

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 151-164

  Ardeleanu, Luminiţa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Crustal earthquakes; Mainshock sequences; Seismicity patterns; Subcrustal earthquakes; Vrancea seismic region; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MODEL; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

ROMANIA;

EID: 0033491204     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008030214627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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