Probabilistic seismic hazard macrozonation of Tamil Nadu in Southern India

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1320-1341

  Menon, A ^a   Ornthammarath, T ^b   Corigliano, M ^c   Lai, C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING EUCENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MAP; CURRENT ESTIMATION; CURRENT INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; ESTIMATION METHODS; GROUND MOTION PARAMETERS; GROUND-MOTION; HAZARD MAP; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MAXIMUM CONSIDERED EARTHQUAKES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; PROBABILISTIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC CODE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; TAMIL NADU;

EARTHQUAKES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LIBRARIES; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZONING;

HAZARDS;

CONTOUR MAP; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

INDIA; PONDICHERRY; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77952588339     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090071     Document Type: Article

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