Statistical detection and characterization of a deviation from the Gutenberg-Richter distribution above magnitude 8

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 839-864

  Pisarenko, V F ^a   Sornette, D ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Cross over magnitude; Gutenberg Richter law

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC MOMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842564219     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2475-0     Document Type: Article

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