Development of a seismic source model for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of nuclear power plant sites in Switzerland: The view from PEGASOS Expert Group 4 (EG1d)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-209

  Wiemer, Stefan ^a   García Fernández, Mariano ^b   Burg, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

PEGASOS; Probabilistic seismic hazard; Seismic source model; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; ZONATION; LOW VELOCITY ZONE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67349138157     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-009-1311-7     Document Type: Article

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