Trimming the UCERF2 Hazard logic tree

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 815-828

  Porter, Keith A ^a   Field, Edward H ^b   Milner, Kevin ^c  

^a SPA Risk LLC ^*  (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84866422491     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120012     Document Type: Article

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