Bad assumptions or bad luck: Why earthquake hazard maps need objective testing

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 623-626

  Stein, Seth ^a   Geller, Robert ^b   Liu, Mian ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 80052475108     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.5.623     Document Type: Note

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