Toward a better model of earthquake hazard in Australia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 263-283

  Leonard, Mark ^a   Robinson, David ^a,b   Allen, Trevor ^a   Schneider, John ^a   Clark, Dan ^a   Dhu, Trevor ^a   Burbidge, David ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Earthquake; Hazard; Risk

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAZARDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUES; GROUND MOTION MODEL; HOLOCENE GLACIATIONS; SITE CLASSIFICATION; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; GLACIATION; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; PREHISTORIC; RELIEF; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72049115641     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(17)     Document Type: Article

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