Extension of the Aki-Utsu b-value estimator for incomplete catalogs

Kijko, Andrzej; Smit, Ansie

dc.contributor.author	Kijko, Andrzej
dc.contributor.author	Smit, Ansie
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-24T06:47:53Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-24T06:47:53Z
dc.date.issued	2012-06
dc.description.abstract	The Aki (1965) maximum likelihood estimate of the Gutenberg–Richter b-value is extended for use in the case of multiple catalogs with different levels of completeness. The most striking feature of this newly derived estimator is its simplicity—it is more manageable than the well-known and already easy to use Weichert (1980) solution to the analogs problem. In addition, confidence intervals for the newly derived estimator are provided.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Geology	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2017	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.seismosoc.orgpublications/bssa/	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Kijko, A & Smit, A 2012, 'Extension of the Aki-Utsu b-value estimator for incomplete catalogs', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 1283-1287.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0037-1106
dc.identifier.other	10.1785/0120110226
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59513
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Seismological Society of America	en_ZA
dc.rights	Seismological Society of America	en_ZA
dc.subject	Multiple catalogs	en_ZA
dc.subject	Completeness	en_ZA
dc.subject	Estimator	en_ZA
dc.subject	Analogs problem	en_ZA
dc.title	Extension of the Aki-Utsu b-value estimator for incomplete catalogs	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA