Statistical earthquake frequency analysis for western Anatolia

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 741-762

  Firuzan, Esin ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Extreme value distribution; Seismic assessment; Western Anatolia; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; PROBABILITY; RETURN PERIOD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; ZONATION;

AEGEAN SEA; ANATOLIA; EURASIA; GOKOVA GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 47349116712     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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