Magnitude and source area estimations of severe prehistoric earthquakes in the western Austrian Alps

Oswald, Patrick; Strasser, Michael; Skapski, Jens; Moernaut, Jasper

doi:10.5194/nhess-22-2057-2022

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21 Jun 2022

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Magnitude and source area estimations of severe prehistoric earthquakes in the western Austrian Alps

Patrick Oswald, Michael Strasser, Jens Skapski, and Jasper Moernaut

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