Seismic hazard assessment of united arab emirates and its surroundings

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 817-837

  Abdalla, Jamal A ^a   Al Homoud, Azm S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Design code; Earthquakes; tectonics; Gulf of Arabia; Peak ground acceleration; Probabilistic method; Seismic hazard; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; COST ACCOUNTING; EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCIES; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; TECTONICS;

DESIGN CODE; GULF OF ARABIA; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PROBABILISTIC METHOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 10444284953     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246904001778     Document Type: Article

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