Seismic microzonation of Dehradun City using geophysical and geotechnical characteristics in the upper 30 m of soil column

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-370

  Mahajan, A K ^a   Slob, Siefko ^b   Ranjan, Rajiv ^c   Sporry, Rob ^b   Champati ray, P K ^d   van Westen, Cees J ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RMSI Pvt Ltd   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW); Northwest Himalaya; Response spectrum; Seismic microzonation; SHAKE2000; Shearwave velocity (Vs); Spectral acceleration

Indexed keywords

PEAK ACCELERATION; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SOIL COLUMN; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; DOON VALLEY; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 36248997097     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9055-1     Document Type: Article

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