UNcertainties In PAleoSeismology UNIPAS (Ver.3.0) Department of Earth Science University of Bergen Allegt.41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway UNIPAS is a software developed at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen for systematic treatment of uncertainties in paleoseismic investigations. For details of the concept and the method see the enclosed article: Atakan et al., 2000. Seismic hazard in regions of present day low seismic activity: uncertainties in the paleoseismic investigations along the Bree fault Scarp (Roer Graben, Belgium). Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Vol.20/5-8, 415-427. The program runs under the MS-Windows 95 (or higher) operating system. The total disk-space required for UNIPAS is 1/2 Mb. The software is written in Visual C++ by Bladimir Moreno Toiran. In order to install UNIPAS, please do the following (if you already have a distribution diskette, start with point number 4): 1. Transfer the unipas.zip file (download) 2. Open a directory on your computer (e.g. UNIPAS) 3. Move the unipas.zip file into the UNIPAS directory 4. Extract the software by unzipping the file 'unipas.zip' 5. Start UNIPAS by double clicking on the unipas.exe file or alternatively you may create a short-cut icon to your desktop. 6. Follow the instructions shown on the help functions of the program, or see the User Manual. Standard distribution of UNIPAS consists of the following files: Files that are in ASCII format: Unipas.cnt Unipas.gid Unipas.par Unipas.pqf Unipas1.ups Unipas4.ups Files that are in binary format: Unipas.exe Unipas.hlp Suggestions for improvements (and reports for bugs) are welcomed and may be sent to: --------------------------------- Dr. Kuvvet Atakan Professor Department of Earth Science University of Bergen Allegt.41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Tel: +47-55-583600 Fax: +47-55-583660 E-mail: atakan@geo.uib.no --------------------------------- Last modified Bergen, 09.09.2004