Seismic Hazard Analysis - Quo vadis?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-32

  Klügel, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a Kernkraftwerk Goesgen Daeniken ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

financial risk analysis; modeling seismic hazard analysis; probabilistic risk assessment; scenario based seismic risk analysis; seismic hazard analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EID: 42449137813     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.01.003     Document Type: Review

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