A double-branching model applied to long-term forecasting of italian seismicity (mL ≥ 5.0) within the CSEP project

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Lombardi, Anna Maria ^a   Marzocchi, Warner ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; SEISMICITY;

ITALY;

EID: 78549283136     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-4762     Document Type: Article

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