Clustering analysis of the seismic catalog of Iran

• Published in: Computers & geosciences Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 475 - 486
• Main Authors: Ansari, Anooshiravan, Noorzad, Assadollah, Zafarani, Hamid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes, seismology; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Fuzzy clustering analysis; Historical events; Instrumental events; Internal geophysics; Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc; Seismic catalog; Seismotectonic provinces; Middle East; Iran; Asia; Instrumental events; Historical events; Fuzzy clustering analysis; Seismic catalog; Seismotectonic provinces; algorithms; models; seismotectonics; fuzzy sets; density; fuzzy logic; data processing; classification; epicenters; earthquakes; spatial distribution; interpretation; catalogs; maximum likelihood; cluster analysis; computers; seismicity
• ISSN: 0098-3004; 1873-7803
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.01.010

Identification and classification of different seismotectonic provinces with similar characteristics in a region of interest is one of the most important subjects in seismic hazard studies. This task is usually done through subjective interpretations based on geological and seismotectonic informatio...