Fundamental questions of earthquake statistics, source behavior, and the estimation of earthquake probabilities from possible foreshocks

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2547-2562

  Michael, Andrew J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING MODEL; FIRST-ORDER; LARGE REGIONS; MAGNITUDE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; MAINSHOCK; MODEL YIELDS; NEW FORMS; PROBABILITY MODELS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SMALL AREA; STATISTICAL MODELS;

ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORESHOCK; PROBABILITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84870747806     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090184     Document Type: Article

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