Seismic source zone characterization for the seismic hazard assessment project PEGASOS by the Expert Group 2 (EG1b)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-188

  Burkhard, Martin ^a   Grünthal, Gottfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hazard model; PEGASOS; Seismic source zones; Seismotectonics; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE; GRABEN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NEOTECTONICS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS; COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67349267687     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-009-1307-3     Document Type: Article

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