Current status of palaeoseismology in India - an overview

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 465-480

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

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake hazard; Himalaya; Paleoseismology; Recurrence period; Stable Continental Region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD;

INDIA;

EID: 0034190558     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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