The role of seismicity models in probabilistic seismic hazard estimation: Comparison of a zoning and a smoothing approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 584-595

  Beauval, Céline ^a,b   Scotti, Oona ^a   Bonilla, Fabian ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Low seismicity regions; Probabilistic methods; Seismic hazard assessment; Seismic modelling; Seismicity; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

EID: 33646017110     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02945.x     Document Type: Article

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