Applications of fractal geometry and renormalization group to the Italian seismic activity

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 917-928

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Chiaia, Bernardino ^a   Invernizzi, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LOADS (FORCES); SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

RENORMALIZATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC ENERGY;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0036778921     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(02)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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