Earthquake forecasting and earthquake prediction: Different approaches for obtaining the best model

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-448

  Marzocchi, Warner ^a   Zechar, J Douglas ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79955872576     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.3.442     Document Type: Article

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