
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
Likelihood Map
Moment distribution
Moment magnitude distribution
