Scenarios of Seismic Risk in the United Arab Emirates, an Approximate Estimate

Natural Hazards

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-393

  Wyss, Max ^a   Al Homoud, Azm S ^b  

^a Earthquake Risk Reduction   (Switzerland)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NATURAL HAZARD; SEISMIC HAZARD;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 3442893067     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000035556.17601.1f     Document Type: Article

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