Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Central Asia

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ullah, Shahid ^a   Bindi, Dino ^a   Pilz, Marco ^a   Danciu, Laurentiu ^b   Weatherill, Graeme ^c   Zuccolo, Elisa ^d   Ischuk, Anatoly ^e   Mikhailova, Natalya N ^f   Abdrakhmatov, Kanat ^g   Parolai, Stefano ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEM Foundation   (Italy)

^d European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE)   (Italy)

^e Tajik Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology   (Tajikistan)

^f Institute of Geophysical Researches Committee of Atomic Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^g Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EURASIAN PLATE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIAN PLATE; NORMAL FAULT; PEAK ACCELERATION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SLIP;

CENTRAL ASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84928545662     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6687     Document Type: Article

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