Preparing a seismic hazard model for Switzerland: The view from PEGASOS Expert Group 3 (EG1c)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-120

  Musson, Roger M W ^a   Sellami, Souad ^b   Brüstle, Wolfgang ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Rohstoffe und Bergbau Ref 98: Landeserdbebendienst   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hazard model; PEGASOS; Seismic hazard; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; KINEMATICS; MODEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67349194307     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1301-1     Document Type: Article

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