A deterministic seismic hazard map of India and adjacent areas

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 489-508

  Parvez, Imtiyaz A ^a   Vaccari, Franco ^b,d   Panza, Giuliano F ^b,c  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design ground acceleration; Deterministic modelling; Indian region; Seismic hazard; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; SEISMIC HAZARD; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

INDIA;

EID: 0344035456     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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