Seismic hazard assessment of metropolitan Tehran, Iran

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-372

  Amiri, G Ghodrati ^a   Motamed, R ^a   Es Haghi, H Rabet ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Historical earthquakes; Iran; Seismic hazard assessment; Seismicity parameters; Tehran

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMICITY PARAMETERS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0347579292     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S136324690300119X     Document Type: Review

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