A fast, non-saturating magnitude estimator for great earthquakes

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 808-816

  Bormann, Peter ^a   Saul, Joachim ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 70349494390     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.5.808     Document Type: Article

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