On the seismic risk in the Hindukush-Pamir-Himalaya and their vicinity

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1625-1630

  Shanker, D ^a   Yadav, R B S ^a   Singh, H N ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gumbel's theory; Hindukush Pamir Himalaya; Knopoff and Kagan's theory; Seismic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347259852     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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