Fractal geometry and seismicity in the Mexican subduction zone

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Angulo Brown, F ^a,b   Ramirez Guzman A H ^b   Yepez E ^a,b   Rudolf Navarro, A ^a,b   Pavia Miller C G ^a,b,c  

^a IPN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fractal geometry; Guerrero; Mexico

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031869695     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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