A study of source parameters, site amplification functions and average effective shear wave quality factor Qseff from analysis of accelerograms of the 1999 Chamoli earthquake, Himalaya

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1369-1398

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Ram, V Sri ^b   Khattri, K N ^c  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerogram; Fault plane solution; Quality factor; Site amplification; Source parameters

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33746515117     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0078-2     Document Type: Article

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