Seismic interevent time: A spatial scaling and multifractality

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-96

  Molchan, G ^a,b   Kronrod, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractals; Recurrence time; Seismicity; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847374655     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0150-y     Document Type: Article

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