Is Earthquake Seismology a Hard, Quantitative Science?

1999/08/01 by Y. Y. Kagan · 2 citations
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Computer science #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Earthquake prediction #Earthquake rupture #Earthquake simulation #Fault (geology) #Geology #Induced seismicity #Seismology #Seismology and Earthquake Studies #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1007/s000240050264

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