The importance of prehistoric data and variability of hazard regimes in natural hazard risk assessment - Examples from Australia

Natural Hazards

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-58

  Nott, J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hazard regimes; Non stationarity; Prehistoric hazards

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0141856352     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025072929280     Document Type: Article

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