Observed and calculated intensities as a test of a probabilistic seismic-hazard analysis of Spain

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 772-780

  Mezcua, J ^a   Rueda, J ^a,b   Blanco, R M García ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84893782032     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220130020     Document Type: Article

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