Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis in Nepal

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-586

  Ram, Thapa Dilli ^a   Wang, Guoxin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

earthquake; Nepal Himalaya; peak ground acceleration; seismic hazard assessment

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; HIMALAYAS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; SEISMIC GROUND MOTIONS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84890517278     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-013-0191-z     Document Type: Article

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