Temporal variations of the fractal properties of seismicity in the western part of the north anatolian fault zone: Possible artifacts due to improvements in station coverage

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1995, Pages 147-157

  Oncel A O ^a,b   Alptekin, O ^a   Main, I ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84984399934     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-2-147-1995     Document Type: Article

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