Long-term influence of giant earthquakes: Backward empirical evidence and forward test

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1102-1112

  Marzocchi, Warner ^a   Selva, Jacopo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TESTING;

BACKWARD ANALYSIS; CENTURY (CO); DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; FOCAL MECHANISMS; GLOBAL SEISMICITY; MAIN SHOCKS; PHYSICAL COUPLING; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; STRESS VARIATIONS; SUMATRA; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TIME VARIATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; FOCAL MECHANISM; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 46149125727     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070203     Document Type: Article

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