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Max Wyss

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Publications

145

Citations

11.4K

H-Index

54

Active since

1967

Affiliations

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences(Current)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of Colorado Boulder

World Agency of Planetary Monitoring & Earthquake Risk Reduction

United States Geological Survey

Max Wyss is an author at Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences specializing in engineering, seismology, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringSeismologyEarth ScienceGeophysicsTectonicsGeographyCivil EngineeringEarthquake HazardsSeismic ImagingEarthquake Engineering

Publications per year

1967–2022

145

Publications

145

Variations in earthquake-size distribution across different stress regimes

Danijel Schorlemmer, Stefan Wiemer, Max Wyss · Nature · 2005 · 1.1K citations

Earthquake Engineering, Engineering, Seismology +5

Towards a Physical Understanding of the Earthquake Frequency Distribution

Max Wyss · Geophysical Journal International · 1973 · 630 citations · Full text

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Earthquake Scenario +19

Seismic moment, stress, and source dimensions for earthquakes in the California-Nevada region

Max Wyss, James N. Brune · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1968 · 566 citations

Mapping the frequency‐magnitude distribution in asperities: An improved technique to calculate recurrence times?

Stefan Wiemer, Max Wyss · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1997 · 564 citations · Full text

Engineering, Earthquake Hazards, Frequency‐magnitude Distribution +18

The use of body-wave spectra in the determination of seismic-source parameters

Thomas C. Hanks, Max Wyss · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1972 · 414 citations

Engineering, Seismic Wave, Earthquake Hazards +22

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