First order seismic microzonation of Delhi, India using geographic information system (GIS)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-260

  Mohanty, William K ^a   Walling, M Yanger ^a   Nath, Sankar Kumar ^a   Pal, Indrajit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; GIS integration; PGA; Seismic hazard; Seismic microzonation

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GIS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC ZONE; SITE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHAMOLI; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33846363273     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0011-0     Document Type: Article

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