CCSC: A composite seismicity catalog for earthquake hazard assessment in major Canadian cities

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Fereidoni, Azadeh ^a   Atkinson, Gail M ^a   Macias, Miguel ^a   Goda, Katsuichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DATA; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ANALYSIS; FOCAL DEPTH; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; PRIMARY SOURCES; SEISMICITY DATA;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS;

LIBRARIES;

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84855809379     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.83.1.179     Document Type: Article

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