Sentences with phrase «magnitude over a given time»

For example, the power law distribution of earthquakes allows scientists to predict the likelihood of an earthquake of a given magnitude over a given time period.

Not exact matches

Note from reference [1] that the thermal expansion coefficient at low pressures can range to over 3 times the assumed value (itself 4 times the lowest given value), which means that differences in partitioning ocean heat alone could introduce as much as half an order of magnitude error.