Unbiased multifractal analysis: Application to fault patterns

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3409-3412

  Ouillon, G ^a,b   Sornette, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

FAULT PATTERNS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS; FRACTALS;

FAULT; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY EFFECTS; FAULT NETWORKS; FAULT PATTERNS; FINITE SIZE; IRREGULAR GEOMETRIES; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL SPECTRUM;

EID: 0030292211     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02379     Document Type: Article

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