Estimation of the source parameters of the Himalaya earthquake of October 19, 1991, average effective shear wave attenuation parameter and local site effects from accelerograms

Tectonophysics

Volumn 407, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Sarkar, Irene ^b   Sriram, V ^c   Khattri, K N ^d  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Fault plane solution; Site amplification; Source parameters

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SH-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 18844388831     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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