A Monte Carlo approach to seismic hazard analysis

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 854-866

  Ebel, John E ^a   Kafka, Alan L ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 0033398561     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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