Prediction of extreme events: Fundamentals and prerequisites of verification

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kossobokov, V G ^a,b   Soloviev, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Model; Seismology; Theoretical seismicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053000897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16811208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2205/2007ES000251     Document Type: Article

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