Temporal behavior of the background seismicity rate in central Japan, 1998 to mid-2003

Tectonophysics

Volumn 417, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-168

  Tsukakoshi, Yoshiki ^a   Shimazaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background seismicity; EM algorithm; Monte Carlo test; Seismic quiescence

Indexed keywords

SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33645286731     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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