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[x] Mignan, A., Functional Shape of the Earthquake Frequency-Magnitude Distribution and Completeness Magnitude, submitted to J. Geophys. Res. (Mar 2012)

[x] Mignan, A., C. Jiang, J. D. Zechar, S. Wiemer and Z. Wu, Setup of the China Earthquake Forecast Testing Center, submitted to Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. (Feb 2012)

[x] Kraft, T., S. Husen, A. Mignan and D. Giardini, Optimization of a large-scale microseismic monitoring network in northern Switzerland, submitted to Geophys. J. Int. (Nov 2011)

[15] Mignan, A. and J. Woessner (2012), Estimating the magnitude of completeness for earthquake catalogs, Community Online Resource for Statistical Seismicity Analysis, doi: 10.5078/corssa-00180805. Available at http://www.corssa.org.

[14] Mignan, A., M. J. Werner, S. Wiemer, C.-C. Chen and Y.-M. Wu (2011), Bayesian Estimation of the Spatially Varying Completeness Magnitude of Earthquake Catalogs, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101, doi: 10.1785/0120100223

[13] Mignan, A. (2011), Retrospective on the Accelerating Seismic Release (ASR) Hypothesis: Controversy and New Horizons (invited review paper), Tectonophys., 505, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.03.010

[12] Mignan, A., P. Grossi and R. Muir-Wood (2011), Risk Assessment of Tunguska-type Airbursts, Natural Hazards J., 56, doi: 10.1007/s11069-010-9597-3

[11] Pinzuti, P., A. Mignan and G. C. P. King (2010), Morphology of normal faults in the Asal rift (Djibouti) and the magmatic intrusion model for early stages of continental rifting, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 299, 169-179, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.032

[10] Tiampo, K. F., W. Klein, H.-C. Li, A. Mignan, Y. Toya, S. Z. L. Kohen-Kadosh, J. B. Rundle and C.-C. Chen (2010), Ergodicity and Earthquake Catalogs: Forecast Testing and Resulting Implications, Pure Appl. Geophys., 167, doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0076-2

[9] Mignan, A. and K. Tiampo (2010), Testing the Pattern Informatics index on synthetic catalogues based on the Non-Critical PAST, Tectonophys., 483, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.023

[8] Mignan, A. and R. Di Giovambattista (2009), Reply to comments by J. Greenhouse et al. on “Relationship between accelerating seismicity and quiescence, two precursors to large earthquakes”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17304, doi: 10.1029/2009GL039871

[7] Muir-Wood, R. and A. Mignan (2009), A phenomenological reconstruction of the Mw9 Nov 1st 1755 earthquake source (book chapter), in: The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: Revisited, Springer, Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, 7, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8609-0_8, ISBN: 978-1-4020-8608-3

[6] Mignan, A. and R. Di Giovambattista (2008), Relationship between accelerating seismicity and quiescence, two precursors to large earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15306, doi: 10.1029/2008GL035024

[5] Mignan, A. (2008), Non-Critical Precursory Accelerating Seismicity Theory (NC PAST) and limits of the power-law fit methodology, Tectonophys., 452, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.02.010

[4] Mignan, A. (2008), The stress accumulation model: accelerating moment release and seismic hazard (book chapter), Adv. Geophys., 49, doi: 10.1016/S0065-2687(07)49002-1, ISBN: 978-0-12-374231-5

[3] Mignan, A., G. C. P. King and D. D. Bowman (2007), A mathematical formulation of accelerating moment release based on the stress accumulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B07308, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004671

[2] Mignan, A., D. D. Bowman and G. King (2006), An observational test of the origin of accelerating moment release before large earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B11304, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004374

[1] Mignan, A., G. C. P. King, D. Bowman, R. Lacassin and R. Dmowska (2006), Seismic activity in the Sumatra-Java region prior to the December 26, 2004 (Mw=9.0-9.3) and March 28, 2005 (Mw=8.7) earthquakes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 244, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.058

Other Articles

[x] Mignan, A. and B. Reed, The Monnig Meteorite Collection Numbers Revisited, submitted to Meteorite magazine (Mar 2012)

[1] Mignan, A. (2011), Claims of Indigenous Life Forms in Meteorites: A Short Review, Meteorite magazine, vol. 17, no. 4, 34-38