75. Bird, P., and Y. Y. Kagan, 2004. "Plate-tectonic analysis of shallow seismicity: apparent boundary width, beta, corner magnitude, coupled lithosphere thickness, and coupling in seven tectonic settings", Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 94(6), 2380-2399 (plus electronic supplement).

PDF file from BSSA, 0.6 Mb

Corrections (PS file)

Reprint, commentary on m = 9.03 Banda Aceh earthquake of 2004.12.26, and some color diagrams illustrating our results from P. Bird Web page

Published text (BSSA, 94(6), 2380-2399, 2004) from GeoScience

Ms PDF file with color figures, 0.4 Mb

Electronic supplement to the paper from GeoScience

Seismic catalogs, magnitude-frequency plots for plate boundary zones, and some computer programs (electronic supplement) to the paper (from Peter Bird Web site)

Peter Bird site

PRESENTATIONS:

Bird, P., and Y. Y. Kagan, Plate-Tectonic Analysis of Shallow Seismicity: Apparent Boundary Width, beta-Value, Corner Magnitude, Coupled Lithosphere Thickness, and Coupling in 7 Tectonic Settings, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S32D-08, 2003.

Bird, P., and Y. Y. Kagan, AGU, Fall Meet., 2003, S32D-08; powerpoint presentation, 19.4 Mb

Peter Bird and Yan Kagan, SCEC poster 2003_09.ai, 19 Mb

Kagan, Y. Y., and P. Bird, Earthquake Size Distribution and Plate-Tectonic Analysis of Shallow Seismicity, Talk at Tokyo University, March 24, 2004, powerpoint presentation, 22.5 Mb

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

49. Kagan, Y. Y., 1997. Seismic moment-frequency relation for shallow earthquakes: Regional comparison, J. Geophys. Res., 102(B2), 2835-2852.

60. Kagan Y. Y. "Universality of the seismic moment-frequency relation", Pure Appl. Geoph. (PAGEOPH), 155(2-4), 537-573, 1999.

65. Kagan Y. Y. "Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results", Geophys. J. Int., 148(3), 520-541, 2002.

67. Kagan Y. Y. "Seismic moment distribution revisited: II. Moment conservation principle", Geophys. J. Int., 149(3), 731-754, 2002.

Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.

68. Bird, P., Kagan, Y. Y., and Jackson, D. D., 2002. "Plate tectonics and earthquake potential of spreading ridges and oceanic transform faults", in: Plate Boundary Zones, AGU Geodynamics Series Monograph Volume 30, eds. S. Stein and J. T. Freymueller, 203-218 (DOI: 10/1029/030GD12).

Peter Bird and Zhen Liu, 2007. Seismic Hazard Inferred from Tectonics: California, Seism. Res. Lett., 78(1), 37-48.

Stacey, F. D., and P. M. Davis, 2008. Physics of the Earth, Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 4th ed., 532 pp., see pp. 215-8

Peter Bird adaptation of maximum likelihood map program: use BetaCorner.f90.txt, Adobe_Illustrator.f90.txt, AI7frame.ai:

FORTRAN90 maximum likelihood map programs

MOMENT DISTRIBUTION UPDATE: SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES 1977-2006

Moment distribution

Moment magnitude distribution