Evaluation of static stress change forecasting with prospective and blind tests

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1425-1440

  Parsons, Tom ^a   Ogata, Yosihiko ^b   Zhuang, Jiancang ^b   Geist, Eric L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics: seismotectonics; Earthquake interaction, forecasting and prediction; Statistical seismology

Indexed keywords

BLIND TEST; DECLUSTERING; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; EPIDEMIC-TYPE AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCES; FREE PARAMETERS; MAIN SHOCK; MEAN RATIO; MICROSEISMICITY; NULL VALUE; PHYSICS-BASED; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STATIC STRESS; STRESS INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEST PARAMETERS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES;

FORECASTING;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; STATIC RESPONSE; STRESS FIELD; TRIGGER MECHANISM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857061669     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05343.x     Document Type: Article

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