Impact of using updated seismic information on seismic hazard in western Canada

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 562-575

  Goda, K ^a   Hong, H P ^a   Atkinson, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis; Uniform hazard spectra; Western canada

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE RELATIONS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC INFORMATION;

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HAZARDS;

BUILDING CODE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER; VANCOUVER ISLAND; VICTORIA [VANCOUVER ISLAND];

EID: 77951910255     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-170     Document Type: Article

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