Fractal analysis of ULF geomagnetic data associated with the Guam earthquake on August 8, 1993

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2797-2800

  Hayakawa, Masashi ^a   Ito, Tetsuya ^a   Smirnova, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC DATA; MICROFRACTURING PROCESS; POWER-LAW BEHAVIOR; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICAL; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; ULF EMISSIONS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMOGENIC ULTRALOW FREQUENCY EMISSIONS; SELF ORGANIZED CRITICALITY PROCESSES;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS;

GUAM;

EID: 0033568912     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005367     Document Type: Article

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