8 October, 2005 Muzaffarabad earthquake and seismic hazard assessment of Kashmir Gap in northwestern Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-200

  Thakur, V C ^a   Jayangondaperumal, Ramperu ^a   Champatiray, P K ^b   Bhat, M I ^c   Malik, M A ^d  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Active faults; Earthquake hazard; Himalayan seismicity; Kashmir earthquakes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ISOSEISMAL MAP; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750609187     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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