Why the next large earthquake is likely to be a Big surprise

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2946-2952

  Mulargia, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE EARTHQUAKES; NUMBER OF SOURCES; PALAEOSEISMOLOGY; QUEUE THEORY; RECURRENCE TIME; SEISMIC CATALOG; TIME INTERVAL;

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 84884949236     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120130047     Document Type: Article

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