Use of active fault data versus seismicity data in the evaluation of seismic hazard in the Granada Basin (southern Spain)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1670-1678

  Peláez Montilla, José A ^a   Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos ^b   López Casado, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

SEISMIC HAZARDS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 0242337631     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020110     Document Type: Article

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