On the Bayesian analysis of the earthquake hazard in the North-East Indian peninsula

Natural Hazards

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 397-412

  Parvez, Imtiyaz A ^a  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimators; Earthquake occurrences; Extreme values; North East Indian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845965373     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9002-4     Document Type: Article

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