Paleoliquefaction evidence and periodicity of large prehistoric earthquakes in Shillong Plateau, India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-282

  Sukhija, B S ^a   Rao, M N ^a   Reddy, D V ^a   Nagabhushanam, P ^a   Hussain, S ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Gupta, H K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

1897 Assam India; Earthquakes; Liquefaction; Main Boundary Fault; Shillong Plateau

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY;

INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 0033561790     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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