Seismic hazard assessment: Issues and alternatives

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-25

  Wang, Zhenming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE FREQUENCY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME AND SPACE;

DESIGN; EARTH (PLANET); EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 79953027612     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0148-3     Document Type: Article

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