Log-periodic behavior in a forest-fire model

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 575-585

  Malamud, Bruce D ^a   Morein, G ^b   Turcotte, D L ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE;

EID: 24144434987     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-575-2005     Document Type: Article

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