PI forecast for the Sichuan-Yunnan region: Retrospective test after the may 12, 2008, Wenchuan earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 751-761

  Jiang, Changsheng ^a   Wu, Zhongliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Intermediate term earthquake forecast; Pattern informatics; ROC test; Statistical physics; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 77954310409     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0070-8     Document Type: Article

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