Probabilistic assessment of earthquake hazards in the North-East Indian peninsula and Hindukush regions

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-746

  Parvez, Imtiyaz A ^a   Ram, Avadh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake hazards; NE Indian peninsula; Probabilistic models

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMICITY;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031451317     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050049     Document Type: Article

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