Unified approach to catastrophic events: From the normal state to geological or biological shock in terms of spectral fractal and nonlinear analysis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-228

  Eftaxias, K A ^a   Kapiris, P G ^a   Balasis, G T ^b   Peratzakis, A ^a   Karamanos, K ^c   Kopanas, J ^a   Antonopoulos, G ^a   Nomicos, K D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; NONLINEARITY; SEISMIC METHOD;

EID: 33747051731     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-205-2006     Document Type: Article

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