Publication Date:
2002-01-01
Description:
Lévy flights were introduced through the mathematical research of the algebra or random variables with infinite moments. Mandelbrot recognized that the Lévy flight prescription had a deep connection to scale-invariant fractal random walk trajectories. The theory of Continuous Time Random Walks (CTRW) can be described in terms of Lévy distribution functions and it can be used to explain some earthquake characteristics like the distribution of waiting times and hypocenter locations in a seismic region. This paper checks the validity of this assumption analyzing three seismic series localized in South Spain. The three seismic series (Alborán, Antequera and Loja) show qualitatively the same behavior, although there are quantitative differences between them.
Print ISSN:
1383-4649
Electronic ISSN:
1573-157X
Topics:
Geosciences
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Physics
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