Relationships between fundamental seismic hazard parameters for the different source regions in Turkey

Natural Hazards

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-462

  Bayrak, Yusuf ^a   Yilmaztürk, Ahmet ^a   Öztürk, Serkan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gutenberg Richter relationship; Intensity; Magnitude; Modal values; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; ZONATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 27744508044     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-4038-4     Document Type: Article

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