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  1. Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Laboratory of Geophysics and Seismology, Crete, Greece

    Filippos Vallianatos

  2. Institute for Risks and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK

    Filippos Vallianatos

  3. National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA-CNR), Tito Scalo, Italy

    Luciano Telesca

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Vallianatos, F., Telesca, L. Statistical mechanics in earth physics and natural hazards. Acta Geophys. 60, 499–501 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11600-012-0037-5

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