Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net 1023-5809 1607-7946 16 2 2009 10.5194/npg-16-211-2009 http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/16/211/2009/ http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/16/211/2009/npg-16-211-2009.html http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/16/211/2009/npg-16-211-2009.pdf 211 217 2009-03-26 Seismic entangled patterns analyzed via multiresolution decomposition F. E. A. Leite R. Montagne montagne@df.ufrpe.br G. Corso L. S. Lucena Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, 59625-900, Mossoró, RN, Brazil Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil Departamento de Biofísica e Farmacologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59078-972, Natal, RN, Brazil Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, International Center for Complex Systems, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil This article explores a method for distinguishing entangled coherent structures embedded in geophysical images. The original image is decomposed in a series of j-scale-images using multiresolution decomposition. To improve the image processing analysis each j-image is divided in l-spacial regions generating set of (j, l)-regions. 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