Ground motion estimation at Guwahati city for an Mw 8.1 earthquake in the Shillong plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 448, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 98-114

  Raghu Kanth, S T G ^a   Sreelatha, S ^a   Dash, Sujit Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MAP; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FAULT; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PEAK ACCELERATION; PLATEAU; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SITE EFFECT;

ASIA; ASSAM; EURASIA; GAUHATI; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39149091351     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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