Multifractal measures of earthquakes in west Taiwan

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-145

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a   Lee, Chung Wein ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epicentral distribution; General fractal dimension; Multifractal

Indexed keywords

EPICENTRAL DISTRIBUTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0029730867     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00876673     Document Type: Article

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