Maximum earthquake magnitudes in the Aegean area constrained by tectonic moment release rates

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-112

  Koravos, G Ch ^a   Main, I G ^b   Tsapanos, T M ^a   Musson, R M W ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Earthquake criticality; Gamma distribution; Maximum magnitude; Tectonic moment release rate

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; TECTONIC SETTING;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037221887     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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