Intermediate-Term Medium-Range Precursory Accelerating Seismicity Prior to the 12 May 2008, Wenchuan Earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 209-219

  Jiang, Changsheng ^a   Wu, Zhongliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

2008 Wenchuan earthquake; asperity; critical point model of earthquakes; intermediate term medium range earthquake forecast; Precursory accelerating seismicity

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE FORECAST; POINT MODELING; PRECURSORY ACCELERATING SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GEOSTATISTICS; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 84872357050     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0413-0     Document Type: Article

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