Comment on "Why do modern probabilistic seismic-hazard analyses often lead to increased hazard estimates?" by Julian J. Bommer and Norman A. Abrahamson

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2212-2214

  Wang, Zhenming ^a   Zhou, Mai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 38349145647     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070004     Document Type: Note

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