Seismic hazard in mega city Kolkata, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-54

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

mmax; PGA; Seismic hazard; Seismic microzonation; Source zones

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MEGACITY; NATURAL HAZARD; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; BENGAL; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

YOMA;

EID: 51549111223     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9195-1     Document Type: Article

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