The statistical power of testing probabilistic seismic-hazard assessments

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 781-783

  Mak, Sum ^a   Clements, Robert Alan ^a   Schorlemmer, Danijel ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908396560     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220140012     Document Type: Article

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