Envg.735 SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSES (3 C.H)
Seismic Hazard Curve, Seismic Risk Analyses, Input Parameters, Processing the Earthquake Catalogues, definition of earthquake sources (Active Faults) in the region under consideration, logic tree method for fault data representation, characteristic earthquake model, seismic hazard calculations, manual calculations, soft wares used for calculations, historic method, deductive method, treatment of variabilities and uncertainties, probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, deterministic seismic hazard analyses.
Books recommended:
- Earthquakes by Bolt, B. A., 1999, W. H. Freeman.
- International handbook of earthquake and engineering seismology Part A by William H.K., Lee, H. Kanamori, P.C., Jennings, C., Kisslinger, 2002, Elsevier/ Academic.
- International handbook of earthquake and engineering seismology Part B by William H.K., Lee, H. Kanamori, P.C., Jennings, C., Kisslinger, 2003, Elsevier/ Academic.
- Geology of Earthquakes by Yeats, R.S., Sieh, K.E., Allen, C. R., 1997, Oxford University Press.
- Geology and tectonics of Pakistan by Kazmi, A. H., Jan, M. Q., 1997, Graphic Publishers
- Paleoseismology and seismic hazards, southwestern British Columbia by John J. Clague, 1997, Geol Surv CN Bkstr, CN.