Earthquake scenario and probabilistic ground-shaking hazard maps for the Albuquerque-Belen-Santa Fe, New Mexico, corridor

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-33

  Wong, Ivan ^a   Olig, Susan ^a   Dober, Mark ^a   Silva, Walter ^b   Wright, Douglas ^a   Thomas, Patricia ^a   Gregor, Nick ^b   Sanford, Allan ^c   Lin, Kuo Wan ^d   Love, David ^e  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Pacific Engineering and Analysis   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; MAPPING; SEISMIC HAZARD;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544387771     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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