The 1986 Dharamsala earthquake of Himachal Himalaya - Estimates of source parameters, average intrinsic attenuation and site amplification functions

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-485

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

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Himalaya; Seismic sources; Site amplification; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SITE EFFECT;

ASIA; DHARAMSALA; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748887037     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-005-1418-x     Document Type: Article

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