Seismic Hazard Studies in the U.K.: Source Specification Problems of Intraplate Seismicity

Natural Hazards

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 105-119

  Musson, R M W ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faults; Intraplate; Seismic hazard; Source models

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT; INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RISK;

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EID: 0031473332     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007970907854     Document Type: Article

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