Accelerating seismicity of moderate-size earthquakes before the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake: Testing time-prediction of the self-organizing spinodal model of earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Chien Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Seismic activation; Self organizing spinodal model

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMICITY; SELF ORGANIZATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0142120412     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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