The Weibull-log Weibull distribution for interoccurrence times of earthquakes

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-498

  Hasumi, Tomohiro ^a   Akimoto, Takuma ^a   Aizawa, Yoji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interoccurrence time; Log Weibull distribution; Seismicity; Weibull distribution; Weibull log Weibull transition

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

INTEROCCURRENCE TIME; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; LOG-WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTINGS; WEIBULL; WEIBULL STATISTICS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57349148711     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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