Search for reliable precursors: A case study of the seismic quiescence of the 2000 western Tottori prefecture earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Qinghua ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOTTORI [CHUGOKU];

EID: 33744908870     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003982     Document Type: Article

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