The European-Mediterranean earthquake catalogue (EMEC) for the last millennium

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 535-570

  Grünthal, Gottfried ^a   Wahlström, Rutger ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake catalogue; European mediterranean region; Unified moment magnitude

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; THRESHOLD;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84861992352     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9302-y     Document Type: Article

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