GSHAP revisited for the prediction of maximum credible earthquake in the Sikkim region, India

Acta Geophysica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-152

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

GSHAP; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GLOBAL SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (GSHAP); SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SEISMOTECTONIC SETTINGS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

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

EID: 20444383501     PISSN: 00015725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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