Comparison of the historical record of earthquake hazard with seismic-hazard models for New Zealand and the continental United States

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1978-1994

  Stirling, Mark ^a   Petersen, Mark ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; HAZARDS; HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TECTONICS;

FAULT DATA; GROUND-MOTION; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC-HAZARD MODELS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MODELING; SEISMIC HAZARD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846109091     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050176     Document Type: Article

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