Credible occurrence probabilities for extreme geophysical events: Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, magnetic storms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Love, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMAGNETISM; INFERENCE ENGINES; VOLCANOES;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXTREME EVENTS; FREQUENTIST; FREQUENTIST INFERENCES; HISTORICAL RECORDS; JEFFREYS; JEFFREYS PRIOR; MAGNETIC STORMS; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; POISSON RATIO; STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84861399853     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051431     Document Type: Article

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