Statistical self-similarity of magmatism and volcanism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B7, 1999, Pages 15425-15438

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0346765809     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900109     Document Type: Article

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