Magnitude conversion to unified moment magnitude using orthogonal regression relation

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-51

  Das, Ranjit ^a   Wason, H R ^a   Sharma, M L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Homogenization of catalog; Linear Standard Regression; Magnitude conversion; Northeast India and adjoining region; Orthogonal standard regression

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 84859008425     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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