History of Modern Earthquake Hazard Mapping and Assessment in California Using a Deterministic or Scenario Approach

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 383-407

  Mualchin, Lalliana ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b Mizoram University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOARD OF INQUIRIES; BRIDGE ENGINEERING; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DETERMINISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EMPIRICAL ATTENUATION; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ESTIMATION METHODS; GIS TECHNOLOGY; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION ATTENUATIONS; GROUND-MOTION SIMULATION; LATE QUATERNARY; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKES; LOS ANGELES; MAXIMUM CREDIBLE EARTHQUAKES; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PEAK ACCELERATION; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SAFETY; SAN FERNANDO EARTHQUAKE; SCENARIO APPROACH; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THREE-DIMENSION; TIME INTERVAL;

EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PUBLISHING; RAILROAD BRIDGES; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAZARDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MOMENT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952740116     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0121-1     Document Type: Article

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