Non-uniform scaling features in central Italy seismicity: A non-linear approach in investigating seismic patterns and detection of possible earthquake precursors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Telesca, Luciano ^a   Lovallo, Michele ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE AREAS; CENTRAL ITALY; CHANGING DYNAMICS; DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSORS; INSTABILITY INDICES; NON-LINEAR APPROACHES; NON-STATIONARY TIME SERIES; NON-UNIFORM SCALING; POWER-LAW SCALING; SCALING BEHAVIORS; SEISMIC PATTERNS; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62749103879     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036247     Document Type: Article

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