Seismicity variations in depth and time in the Vrancea (Romania) subcrustal region

Natural Hazards

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 165-177

  Bazacliu, Olivia ^a   Radulian, Mircea ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Active zone; Fractal statistics; Nonlinear frequency magnitude distribution; Precursory anomaly; Seismicity pattern; Vrancea region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMICITY;

ROMANIA; VRANCEA;

EID: 0033491653     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008125419447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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