Tectonic stress, seismicity, and seismic hazard in the southeastern Carpathians

Natural Hazards

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-514

  Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^a,b,c   Sokolov, Vladimir ^a   Bonjer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Intermediate depth earthquake; Peak ground acceleration; Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment; Seismic intensity; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VRANCEA;

EID: 34547628724     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9074-1     Document Type: Article

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