Power law distribution of seismic rates: Theory and data analysis

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-401

  Saichev, A ^a,b   Sornette, D ^b,c  

^a LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ASYMPTOTIC POWER LAW; ETAS (EPIDEMIC-TYPE AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE); MULTI-SCALE NATURE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 33644909336     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2006-00075-3     Document Type: Article

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