Estimates of the time-varying hazard of rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand, allowing for uncertainties

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-488

  Rhoades, D A ^a   Van Dissen, R J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Earthquakes; Geologic hazards; New Zealand; Renewal process model; South Island; Time varying hazard

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD;

SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 8744271746     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515023     Document Type: Article

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