The double branching model for earthquake forecast applied to the Japanese seismicity

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-195

  Lombardi, Anna Maria ^a   Marzocchi, Warner ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake probability; Forecasting; Japanese seismicity; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; PROBABILITY; SEISMICITY; STOCHASTICITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 79953858706     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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