Temporal variations in the fractal properties of seismicity in the north anatolian fault zone between 31°E and 41°E

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-159

  Öncel, Ali Osman ^a,b   Main, Ian ^b   Alptekin, Ömer ^a   Cowie, Patience ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; North anatolian fault zone; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

B VALUE; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

TURKEY, ANATOLIA, NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0030454326     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00876441     Document Type: Article

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