A technical note on the bias in the estimation of the b-value and its uncertainty through the least squares technique

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-339

  Sandri, Laura ^a   Marzocchi, Warner ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

B value; Least squares technique; Seismology; Syntheticearthquake catalogs

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SEISMOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 39749200003     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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