Low cost seismic microzonation using microtremor data: An example from Delhi, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-280

  Mukhopadhyay, Sagarfes ^a   Bormann, P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delhi; Microtremor; Microzonation; Seismic hazard; Site response

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT; ZONATION;

ASIA; DELHI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10644238072     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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