Applying a change-point detection method on frequency-magnitude distributions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1742-1749

  Amorèse, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SEISMIC WAVES; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICS;

CHANGE-POINT DETECTION METHOD; FREQUENCY MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD MAGNITUDE;

SEISMOLOGY;

DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35548955914     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060181     Document Type: Article

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