Australian paleoseismology: Towards a better basis for seismic hazard estimation

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1087-1106

  Clark, Dan ^a   McCue, Kevin ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Seismology Research Centre Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Intraplate seismicity; Paleoseismology; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2142709672     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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