Toward a better model of earthquake hazard in Australia
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Published:January 01, 2007
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Mark Leonard, David Robinson, Trevor Allen, John Schneider, Dan Clark, Trevor Dhu, David Burbidge, 2007. "Toward a better model of earthquake hazard in Australia", Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues, Seth Stein, Stéphane Mazzotti
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The tectonic setting of Australia has much in common with North America east of the Rocky Mountains because stable continental crust makes up the whole continent. The seismicity is still sufficient to have caused several damaging earthquakes in the past 50 yr. However, uncertainties in the earthquake catalogue limit the reliability of hazard models. To complement traditional hazard estimation methods, alternative methods such as paleoseismic, geodynamic numerical models and high-resolution global positioning system (GPS) are being investigated. Smoothed seismicity analysis shows that seismic recurrence varies widely across Australia. Despite the limitations of the catalogue, comparisons of regional strain rates calculated...
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Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues
