Occurrence probability of moderate to large earthquakes in Italy based on new geophysical methods

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-51

  Slejko, Dario ^a   Caporali, Alessandro ^b   Stirling, Mark ^c   Barba, Salvatore ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Probability; Seismic hazard; Strong earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

ITALY;

EID: 77952743499     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9175-x     Document Type: Article

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