Monte Carlo method for determining earthquake recurrence parameters from short paleoseismic catalogs: Example calculations for California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Parsons, Tom ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449088942     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004998     Document Type: Article

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