Multifractal features in temporal patterns of seismicity in southern Apennine Chain (Italy)

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Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 719-732

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

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multifractals; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0345149312     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.615     Document Type: Article

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