Observation of diffusion processes in earthquake populations and implications for the predictability of seismicity systems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B12, 2000, Pages 28081-28094

  Marsan, David ^a   Bean, Christopher J ^a   Steacy, Sandy ^b   McCloskey, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034471403     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900232     Document Type: Article

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