Seismic hazard evaluation for dams in Northern Colorado, U.S.A

Natural Hazards

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 227-240

  Vetter, Ute R ^a   Ake, Jon P ^a   Laforge, Roland C ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration response spectra; Colorado dams; Earthquake recurrence; Peak horizontal acceleration; Probabilistic distances; Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

Indexed keywords

DAM; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RISK;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030722931     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00128268     Document Type: Article

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