Stochastic analysis and uncertainty assessment of tsunami wave height using a random source parameter model that targets a Tohoku-type earthquake fault

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1763-1779

  Fukutani, Yo ^a,b   Suppasri, Anawat ^a   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokio Marine Nichido Risk Consulting Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Logic tree analysis; Random source parameter model; Stochastic tsunami hazard analysis; Tohoku type earthquake; Uncertainty assessment

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GAGES; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TSUNAMIS; WATER WAVES;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LOGIC TREE; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; RANDOM SOURCES; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI HAZARDS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FAULT ZONE; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STOCHASTICITY; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84939175294     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0966-4     Document Type: Article

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