Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 2 (UCERF 2)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2053-2107

  Field, E H ^a   Dawson, T E ^b   Felzer, K R ^a   Frankel, A D ^a   Gupta, V ^c   Jordan, T H ^c   Parsons, T ^c   Petersen, M D ^a   Stein, R S ^d   Weldon, R J ^e   Wills, C J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ZONES; CALIFORNIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CONFIDENCE BOUNDS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; LOGIC TREE; MULTI-SEGMENT; PROBABILITY MODELS; RATE MODELS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-DEPENDENT MODELS; WORKING GROUPS;

DEFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549090267     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080049     Document Type: Article

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