First order seismic microzonation of haldia, Bengal Basin (India) using a GIS platform

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1325-1350

  Mohanty, William K ^a   Walling, M Yanger ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; PGA; Predominant frequency; Seismic hazard; Seismic microzonation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GIS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

YOMA;

EID: 51049114680     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0360-6     Document Type: Article

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