Multifractal and chaotic analysis of Vrancea (Romania) intermediate-depth earthquakes: Investigation of the temporal distribution of events

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-271

  Enescu, B ^a,b   Ito, K ^a   Radulian, M ^b   Popescu, E ^b   Bazacliu, O ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Deterministic chaos; Long range correlation; multifractal; seismicity; Vrancea region

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VRANCEA; WORLD;

EID: 10844290659     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2599-x     Document Type: Article

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