Estimation of the maximum earthquake magnitude, mmax

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1655-1681

  Kijko, Andrzej ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Maximum Earthquake magnitude mmax; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EQUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 3242887273     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2531-4     Document Type: Article

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