Determination of the energy magnitude ME [Elektronische Ressource] : application to rapid response purposes and insights to regional/local variabilities / Domenico Di Giacomo

DETERMINATION OF THE ENERGY MAGNITUDE M : EAPPLICATION TO RAPID RESPONSE PURPOSES AND INSIGHTS TO REGIONAL/LOCAL VARIABILITIES Domenico Di Giacomo Thesis submitted for the degree in Doctor rerum naturalium Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24, Haus 27, 14476 Potsdam, Germany June, 2010 Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5076/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-50768 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-50768 I herewith declare that I have produced this paper without the prohibited assistance of third parties and without making use of aids other than those specified; notions taken over directly or indirectly from other sources have been identified as such. This paper has not previously been presented in identical or similar form to any other German or foreign examination board. Potsdam, 05.07.2010 Domenico Di Giacomo ii “The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.” - Theodore Roosevelt. iiiAcknowledgements During the years of my PhD I had the luck and opportunity to interact with many members of the Section 2.1 of the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam.