Estimation of ground motion for Bhuj (26 January 2001; Mw 7.6 and for future earthquakes in India

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 353-370

  Singh, S K ^a   Bansal, B K ^b   Bhattacharya, S N ^c   Pacheco, J F ^a   Dattatrayam, R S ^c   Ordaz, M ^a   Suresh, G ^c   Kamal, ^d   Hough, S E ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^d WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKES; MOTION ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS;

INDIA;

EID: 0038693747     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020102     Document Type: Article

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