Beiträge zur Geschichte jüdischen Lebens in Thüringen, hrsg. von Thomas Bahr (Zeitschrift des Vereins für Thüringische Geschichte, Beiheft 29) Jena (Gutenberg) 1996. 170 S., 10 Abb.

It is well-known that the Gutenberg-Richter power law distribution has to be modified for large seismic moments, due to energy conservation and geometrical reasons. Several models have been proposed, either in terms of a second power law with a larger b-value beyond a cross-over magnitude, or based on a “hard” magnitude cutoff or a “soft” magnitude cut-off using an exponential taper. Since the ...

A new two-step approach is proposed to quantify the uncertainties of the seismicity rate ν(M) estimated by Gutenberg-Richter relations of seismic area source zones in logic tree-driven probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. The first step makes use of the possibility that the uncertainties of the Gutenberg-Richter parameters α and β (or a and b), expressed by their covariance matrix C(α, β) (or...

This paper provides a generic equation for the evaluation of the maximum earthquake magnitude mmax for a given seismogenic zone or entire region. The equation is capable of generating solutions in different forms, depending on the assumptions of the statistical distribution model and/or the available information regarding past seismicity. It includes the cases (i) when earthquake magnitudes are...