Investigating clustering structures in time-occurrence sequences of seismic events observed in the irpinia-basilicata region (Southern Italy)

Fractals

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-234

  Telesca, L ^a   Cuomo, V ^a   Lanfredi, M ^a   Lapenna, V ^a   Macchiato, M ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 0342384793     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X99000232     Document Type: Article

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