Sensitivity analysis of seismic hazard for Western Liguria (North Western Italy): A first attempt towards the understanding and quantification of hazard uncertainty

Tectonophysics

Volumn 435, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 13-35

  Barani, Simone ^a   Spallarossa, Daniele ^a   Bazzurro, Paolo ^b   Eva, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b AIR Worldwide Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic uncertainty; Logic tree; Offshore earthquakes; Seismic hazard; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147174865     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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