Statistical prediction of the sequence of large earthquakes in Iran

International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-336

  Yazdani, A ^a   Kowsari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distribution; Earthquake occurrence; Error; Seismotectonic provinces

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ERRORS; FORECASTING;

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DISTRIBUTION; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; LOG-NORMAL; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; RAYLEIGH; RECURRENCE TIME; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STATISTICAL PREDICTION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84855211612     PISSN: 1728-144X     EISSN: 17359244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.ije.2011.24.04b.03     Document Type: Article

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