Empirical global relations converting MS and mb to moment magnitude

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-236

  Scordilis, E Manolis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Global empirical relations; Homogeneous catalogs; Magnitude scales; Moment magnitude

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33748060765     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-006-9012-4     Document Type: Article

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