Communicating with uncertainty: A critical issue with probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

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Volumn 84, Issue 46, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Zhenming ^a   Woolery, Edward W ^a   Shi, Baoping ^a   Kiefer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 70450097632     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003EO460002     Document Type: Article

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