Extreme earthquake and earthquake perceptibility study in Greece and its surrounding area

Natural Hazards

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-312

  Burton, Paul W ^a   Qin, Changyuan ^a   Tselentis, G Akis ^b   Sokos, Ethimios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Extreme value; Greece; Gumbel model; Perceptibility

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EXTREME EVENT; MODELING; PERCEPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3442900297     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000035545.89097.0d     Document Type: Article

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