Time-clustering analysis of volcanic occurrence sequences

We investigate the time dynamics of worldwide volcanic activity in order to find the presence of time correlation structures, by applying the Fano factor (FF) method. The analysis, performed on 35 time-occurrence volcanic eruptive sequences with volcanic explosivity index (VEI≥0) has revealed fractal behaviors in the most of the data sets considered, with fractal exponent α ranging from ∼0.2 to 0.9.