Toward a ground-motion logic tree for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in Europe

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-473

  Delavaud, Elise ^a,b   Cotton, Fabrice ^a   Akkar, Sinan ^c   Scherbaum, Frank ^d   Danciu, Laurentiu ^b   Beauval, Céline ^a   Drouet, Stéphane ^a   Douglas, John ^e   Basili, Roberto ^f   Sandikkaya, M Abdullah ^c   Segou, Margaret ^c   Faccioli, Ezio ^g   Theodoulidis, Nikos ^h  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e BRGM   (France)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^g POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^h Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expert judgment; Ground motion prediction equations; Logic trees; Model selection; Seismic hazard assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84861986181     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9281-z     Document Type: Article

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