Fractal characterization of the spatial distribution of geological point processes

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 394-402

  Zuo, Renguang ^a   Agterberg, Frederik P ^b   Cheng, Qiuming ^a,c   Yao, Lingqing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fractal; Geosciences; L function; Mineral deposits; Oil wells; Point process

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL WELL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70349433551     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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