Testing the Pattern Informatics index on synthetic seismicity catalogs based on the Non-Critical PAST

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 255-268

  Mignan, Arnaud ^a   Tiampo, Kristy ^b  

^a RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMR; Earthquake simulator; Pattern informatics; Power law

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE SIMULATOR; FALSE NEGATIVES; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; INFORMATICS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; PI INDEX; POWER-LAW; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CLUSTERING; SYNTHETIC CATALOGS; TIME WINDOWS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; WATER METERS;

LIBRARIES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; POWER LAW; SEISMICITY;

EID: 76949096574     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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