A study on the background and clustering seismicity in the Taiwan region by using point process models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Zhuang, Jiancang ^a   Chang, Chung Pai ^b   Ogata, Yosihiko ^a   Chen, Yuh Ing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE SWARM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 22944450642     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003157     Document Type: Article

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