The hazard in using probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for engineering

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-444

  Krinitzsky, Ellis L ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Evaluations; Geophysics; Hazard analysis; Probability; Seismicity; Structures

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 0032461880     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iv.4.425     Document Type: Article

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