Logic-tree approach for Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis and its applications to the Japanese coasts

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 577-592

  Annaka, Tadashi ^a   Satake, Kenji ^b   Sakakiyama, Tsutomu ^c   Yanagisawa, Ken ^d   Shuto, Nobuo ^e  

^a Tokyo Electric Power Services Co   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aleatory uncertainty; Epistemic uncertainty; Logic tree approach; Probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis; Tsunami hazard curve

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI; WAVE HEIGHT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34147124479     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0174-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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