Earthquake forecasting in diverse tectonic zones of the Globe

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-719

  Kagan, Y Y ^a   Jackson, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching models of seismicity; Earthquake global forecasts; Forecasts testing; Statistical analysis of earthquake occurrence

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORECASTING METHOD; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 77950125351     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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