Magnitude uncertainties impact seismic rate estimates, forecasts, and predictability experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Werner, Maximilian J ^a   Sornette, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SEISMICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 55949088051     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005427     Document Type: Article

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