Fractal dimensions of small, intermediate, and large earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3318-3320

  Legrand, D ^a,b  

^a UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Ecuador)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SPATIAL FRACTAL DIMENSIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036946276     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020025     Document Type: Article

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