Earthquake statistics at Parkfield: 2. Probabilistic forecasting and testing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Schorlemmer, D ^a   Wiemer, S ^a   Wyss, M ^b   Jackson, D D ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b World Agency Planetary Monitoring   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake statistics; Parkfield; Probabilistic forecasting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL TEST; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14244259715     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003235     Document Type: Article

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