Volcanic vent self-similar clustering and crustal thickness in the northern Main Ethiopian Rift

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Mazzarini, Francesco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DOMES; FRACTALS; LITHOGRAPHY; THICKNESS CONTROL; VENTS;

CLUSTERING; MONOGENETIC VENTS; RIFT VALLEY;

VOLCANOES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2542457418     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018574     Document Type: Article

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