Tsallis Entropy Index q and the Complexity Measure of Seismicity in Natural Time under Time Reversal before the M9 Tohoku Earthquake in 2011
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Natural Time Analysis Background
3. Data and Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Main Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Varotsos, P.A.; Sarlis, N.V.; Skordas, E.S. Tsallis Entropy Index q and the Complexity Measure of Seismicity in Natural Time under Time Reversal before the M9 Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. Entropy 2018, 20, 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20100757
Varotsos PA, Sarlis NV, Skordas ES. Tsallis Entropy Index q and the Complexity Measure of Seismicity in Natural Time under Time Reversal before the M9 Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. Entropy. 2018; 20(10):757. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20100757
Chicago/Turabian StyleVarotsos, Panayiotis A., Nicholas V. Sarlis, and Efthimios S. Skordas. 2018. "Tsallis Entropy Index q and the Complexity Measure of Seismicity in Natural Time under Time Reversal before the M9 Tohoku Earthquake in 2011" Entropy 20, no. 10: 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20100757
APA StyleVarotsos, P. A., Sarlis, N. V., & Skordas, E. S. (2018). Tsallis Entropy Index q and the Complexity Measure of Seismicity in Natural Time under Time Reversal before the M9 Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. Entropy, 20(10), 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20100757