A new probabilistic seismic hazard study of Spain

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1087-1108

  Mezcua, Julio ^a,b   Rueda, Juan ^a,b   Blanco, Rosa M García ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Seismic catalogue; Seismic hazard; Spain; Zone and ground motion models sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 80053571102     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9819-3     Document Type: Article

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