A probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for the Makran subduction zone at the northwestern Indian Ocean

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-593

  Heidarzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Kijko, Andrzej ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Makran subduction zone (MSZ); Numerical modeling; Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment (PTHA); Seismic hazard analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MAKRAN; MASQAT; OMAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 79951724801     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9574-x     Document Type: Article

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