The K Method for Estimating Earthquake Activity Parameters and Effect of the Boundary Uncertainty of the Source Region:Discussion on the Seismic Zoning Method

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摘要 Twoaspectsofanewmethod,whichcanbeusedforseismiczoning,areintroducedinthispaper.Ontheonehand,theapproachtoestimatebvalueandannualactivityrateproposedbyKijkoandSellevollneedstousetheearthquakecatalogue.Theexistingearthquakecataloguecontainsbothhistoricalandrecentinstrumentaldatasetsanditisinadequatetouseonlyonepart.Combiningthelargenumberofhistoricaleventswithrecentcompleterecordsandtakingthemagnitudeuncertaintyintoaccount,Kijko’smethodgivesthemaximumlikelihoodestimationofbvalueandannualactivityrate,whichmightbemorerealistic.Ontheotherhand,thismethodconsidersthesourcezoneboundaryuncertaintyinseismichazardanalysis,whichmeanstheearthquakeactivityrateacrossaboundaryofasourcezonechangessmoothlyinsteadofabruptlyandavoidstoolargeagradientinthecalculatedresults.
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出版日期 1997年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)