Historical incidence of Modified Mercalli intensity in New Zealand and comparisons with hazard models

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-24

  Dowrick, D J ^a   Cousins, W J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLCANOES;

HAZARD MODELS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0038320269     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.36.1.1-24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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