Recurrence of large earthquakes: Bayesian inference from catalogs in the presence of magnitude uncertainties

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 845-853

  Zoller G ^a   Hainzl, S ^b   Holschneider, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake recurrence; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954310177     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0078-0     Document Type: Article

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