Critical features in electromagnetic anomalies detected prior to the L'Aquila earthquake

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-508

  Contoyiannis, Y F ^a   Nomicos, C ^b   Kopanas, J ^c   Antonopoulos, G ^c   Contoyianni, L ^c   Eftaxias, K ^c  

^a HALKIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Criticality; Hurst exponent; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FRACTURE;

CONTINUOUS PHASE TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL FLUCTUATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HURST EXPONENTS; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; PREPARATION PROCESS; REAL TIME MONITORING; SECOND-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350778457     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.09.046     Document Type: Article

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