Dynamics of multifractal and correlation characteristics of the spatio-temporal distribution of regional seismicity before the strong earthquakes

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 285-298

  Kiyashchenko, D ^a   Smirnova, N ^a   Troyan, V ^a   Vallianatos, F ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642282087     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-3-285-2003     Document Type: Article

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