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Muir-Wood, R., Mignan, A. (2009). A Phenomenological Reconstruction of the Mw9 November 1st 1755 Earthquake Source. In: The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: Revisited. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8609-0_8
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