Multifractal analysis for the ULF geomagnetic data during the 1993 Guam earthquake

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Ida, Y ^a   Hayakawa, M ^a   Adalev, A ^a   Gotoh, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14944362364     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-157-2005     Document Type: Article

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