Update of likelihood-based ground-motion model selection for seismic hazard analysis in western central Europe

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Hintersberger, Esther ^a   Scherbaum, Frank ^a   Hainzl, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ground motion selection; Low seismicity region; Stochastic model; Western central Europe

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND-MOTION SELECTION; LOW SEISMICITY REGION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANKING; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; STOCHASTICITY;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WALDKIRCH;

EID: 33846786589     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-006-9018-x     Document Type: Article

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