Investigating the time-clustering properties in seismicity of Umbria-Marche region (central Italy)

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-217

  Telesca, Luciano ^a   Lapenna, Vincenzo ^a   Macchiato, Maria ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICS;

TIME-CLUSTERING PROPERTIES;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0037883239     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(02)00654-9     Document Type: Article

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