Uncertainty in intensity assignment and attenuation relationships: How seismic hazard maps can benefit from the implementation of the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI 2007)

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-51

  Papanikolaou, Ioannis D ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT SLIP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 80051783459     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.058     Document Type: Article

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