A seismic hazard scenario in the Sikkim Himalaya from seismotectonics, spectral amplification, source parameterization, and spectral attenuation laws using strong motion seismometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Nath, Sankar Kumar ^a   Vyas, Madhav ^a   Pal, Indrajit ^a   Sengupta, Probal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 17044435500     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003199     Document Type: Article

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