Determination of design earthquakes in seismic hazard analysis through monte carlo simulation

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-474

  Musson, R M W ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design earthquakes; Monte carlo simulation; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033249537     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632469909350355     Document Type: Article

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