Seismic hazard in the UK - another look

摘要

This paper reviews the literature on the seismicity of the United Kingdom and discuss the options for assessing the seismic hazard to critical structures such as dams. The approaches to the assessment of seismic hazard are briefly described, together with parameters available for characterising seismic activity and ground motions. The vulnerability of dam structures are considered. A more rationally based approach for the assessment of the seismic hazard to dams in the UK is proposed.