Deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analyses in Thailand and adjacent areas using active fault data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1313-1325

  Pailoplee, Santi ^a   Sugiyama, Yuichi ^b   Charusiri, Punya ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Deterministic method; Probabilistic method; Seismic hazard analysis; Thailand.

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION;

THAILAND;

EID: 77749271449     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352984     Document Type: Article

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