Footprints of nonextensive Tsallis statistics, selfaffinity and universality in the preparation of the L'Aquila earthquake hidden in a pre-seismic EM emission

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-140

  Eftaxias, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Criticality; Nonextensivity; Self similarity; Universality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); FAULTING; GEOMAGNETISM;

EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; NON-EXTENSIVITY; NONEXTENSIVE TSALLIS STATISTICS; REAL TIME MONITORING; SELF-SIMILARITIES; UNIVERSALITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 70349456504     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.08.034     Document Type: Article

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