Simulation-based distributions of earthquake recurrence times on the San Andreas fault system

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1995-2007

  Yakovlev, Gleb ^a   Turcotte, Donald L ^a   Rundle, John B ^a   Rundle, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECTONICS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT SYSTEM; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

BROWNIAN MOTION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 33846076968     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050183     Document Type: Article

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