Magnitude distribution of linear morphogenic earthquakes in the Mediterranean region: Insights from palaeoseismological and historical data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 930-940

  Caputo, R ^a   Mucciarelli, M ^b   Pavlides, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: Extensional; Earthquake source observations; Geomorphology; Palaeoseismology; Probability distributions; Statistical seismology

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATA SET; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 50649099714     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03834.x     Document Type: Article

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