Seismic source characterization of the Alpine foreland in the context of a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis by PEGASOS Expert Group 1 (EG1a)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-148

  Schmid, Stefan M ^a   Slejko, Dario ^b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine foreland; Earthquakes; Probabilistic analysis; Seismic hazard; Seismic sources

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZONATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MAPPING; PLATE BOUNDARY; TRANSPRESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ALPS; PREALPS;

EID: 67349193213     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1300-2     Document Type: Article

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