Preliminary analysis of observations on the ultra-low frequency electric field in the Beijing region

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1367-1396

  Zhuang, Jiancang ^a   Vere Jones, David ^b   Guan, Huaping ^c   Ogata, Yosihiko ^a   Ma, Li ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Earthquake risk; Hawkes' self exciting and mutually exciting model; Ultra low frequency electric signal

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20344389754     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2674-3     Document Type: Article

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